The relationship between psychology and Christian theology has been one of the most important topics in the science and religion field. A refreshing alternative study of the mutual enrichment of psychology and theology, this book will be of interest to scholars in psychology, theology and religious studies.

Introduction Part 1: Mutually Enriching Dialogue 1. Doing Theology in Dialogue with Psychology 2. Dialogue within Dialogue: Interdisciplinary Dialogue between Theology and Psychology Part 2. Psychology Enriching Theology 3. William Temple and the Religious Reception of Psychoanalysis 4. Have a Bit of Nous: Revelation and the Psychology of Religion 5. Embodying Theology 6. Mindfulness, Secular Spirituality, and the Psychology of Religious Knowing Part 3. Theology Enriching Psychology 7. Character Strengths and Virtue 8. The Psychology and Theology of Open-mindedness 9. Wisdom and Moral Formation 10. Forgiveness and Relational Spirituality Part 4. Mutual Enrichment in Religious Life and Pastoral Care 11. Religion and Mental Health Practice: A Framework for Integration 12. Meditation as Science and Religion 13. Worry and Prayer 14. Being with Unknowing: Spiritual Direction and Bion's idea of O 15. Redeeming Narratives in Christian Community 16. Self-Spirituality in the Twenty-First Century

Russell Re Manning is Reader in Religions, Philosophies, and Ethics at Bath Spa University, UK, and a Visiting Fellow of St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge.