My first response, after reading the first "meaningful" quote (this unpreparedness is a reason for the high rate of Christian students dropping their faith after entering college.) In the nearly 43 years that I have been teaching now, I can name hundreds of students who were very involved in religion through high school and the first year of college that "dropped" their faith after entering college. One of the reasons that may explain some of these desertions/conversions is that they had their minds opened up - they learned critical thinking which led them to make different decisions than they had while under parental control. I'm not surprised that students who go to conservative high schools may have been captivated by a text that is written in the same manner as what they hear at home and church and youth group. Not having even looked at the book I can't say much about it, but a book that is written by a psychologist who is noted for his/her contributions to psychology would never be written from a Christian perspective rather than an objective, critical thinking perspective. I guess many of the students who respond so positively to his book are those who will probably choose to attend a conservative Christian college. I could go on and on about this topic, but then I might say how I really think and feel about it. ---- Original message ----
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:25:56 -0500 From: Beth Benoit <[email protected]> Subject: [tips] Christian perspective of psychology??? To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> 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? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=22820 or send a blank email to leave-22820-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
