On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:26:44 -0800, Beth Benoit wrote:
I'm kind of *verklempt *here:
http://www.christianpost.com/news/author-aims-to-equip-hs-students-with-psychology-from-christian-perspective-88006/
Any input from others who can gather their thoughts more coherently
than I seem to be able to do?
I guess I am not surprised that someone who is a "Bible Literalist"
and is into home schooling would write an intro psych textbook for
students coming from a home schooled and Bible literalist background.
For more background on Dr. Rice, see page 3, "Homeschool Psych" at
http://www.ghea.org/conference-2012/WorkshopDescriptions.pdf
I don't know how psychology is presented in Rice's book though
I can imagine; the following comment he makes in the article says a lot:
|The secular community has dismissed me as an Intelligent Design quack.
It should be noted that others have written about psychology from a
"Christian" perspective, such as Harold Faw's "Psychology in Christian
Perspective". It is available on books.google.com:
http://books.google.com/books?id=IlVfp_CyHqwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Harold+Faw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=52jvUMCwN-7r0QGx0IHYCA&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA
David Myers is probably most knowledgeable about this area and
can provide some insight if he is so inclined.
The biggest problem I see with both the article and the textbook is
the use of the term "Christian" instead of "Bible Literalists". The
finding that 75% of "Christians" walk away from their faith after 12
months of college probably just applies to "Bible Literalists" and
associated Protestant denominations. I get the feeling that Rice might
not consider Catholics to be "real" "Christians" so he can ignore the
fact that Catholics who go to Catholic colleges and universities don't
give up their faith after freshman year and all transfer over to secular
schools. One could argue that there is no single "Christian" perspective,
consequently, there can be no single "Christian" perspective on psychology,
only particular interpretations of being Christian being applied to
psychology.
Being a "Bible Literalist", however, has less to do with being a Christian
than adopting a particular worldview.
-Mike Palij
New York University
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