PSY 764 - Psychology and Christianity IV: Redemption

Units: 3
When Offered: Spring
Concluding the four-course series, students review and apply redemptive considerations to clinical practice, including God’s common and special grace. Focusing primarily on the redemption God offers within the Christian life, students explore the notion of communion with God, including the psychological and spiritual benefits of spiritual formative practices, as well as topics such as mercy, grace, justification, sanctification, divine union, solitude, and fellowship with both God and other Christians in the Body of Christ. Special attention is devoted to Christian contemplative practices, including burgeoning empirical support for contemplative prayer as a Christian alternative to mindfulness-based interventions in psychotherapy.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 763