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050			_aBR110 _b.P69 2016
100			_aPowell, Samuel M.
245			_aThe impassioned life : _breason and emotion in the Christian tradition / _cSamuel M. Powell
260			_aMinneapolis : _bFortress Press, _c2016.
300			_axi, 443 pages ; _c24 cm
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 397-436) and index
505			_aIntroduction -- Reason and emotion in classical philosophy -- The New Testament and some Jewish antecedents -- Patristic theology -- Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine -- Emotion and reason in the modern world -- Emotion from a scientific perspective -- Emotion and human morality -- Emotion and cognition -- The ecclesial therapy of emotion -- Reason, emotion, and theology
520			_aThe Impassioned Life argues that theology's task today is to rethink the nature of emotions and their relation to human reason. Such rethinking is necessary because the Christian tradition feels ambivalently about the emotions. Armed with a commitment to body-soul dualism, many writers have equated the image of God with rationality and wondered whether emotion is an essential feature of human nature; however, the tradition has also affirmed the value of emotions such as love and compassion and has sometimes asserted the value of so-called negative emotions such as anger. The question, then, is whether the tradition's pastoral insight into the importance of moderation and control of the emotions requires us to think dualistically about soul (identified with reason) and body (the seat of emotions). To answer this question, The Impassioned Life explores the vital resources of the Christian theological tradition and also of contemporary scientific and psychological research in order to achieve a more adequate theological understanding of emotions and reason. At heart, it offers a holistic, integrated vision of the Christian life lived passionately in its full range of human feeling as life in the Spirit
650			_aChristianity _xPsychology
650			_a Psychology and religion
650			_aPhilosophy and religion
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