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dc.contributor.advisorJohnson, Eric L.
dc.contributor.authorVaden, Matthew Brett
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-12T18:11:50Z
dc.date.available2016-01-12T18:11:50Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10392/5064
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study, as explained in the first chapter, is to synthesize insights from Christianity and secular psychology in order to answer four questions: (1) Why do people reflect upon themselves? (2) Why do they understand themselves wrongly (i.e., constructing a false self)? (3) What does true self-understanding entail? (4) What interventions can foster true self-understanding? Chapter 2 presents a biblical response, with specific focus on passages from Proverbs, Matthew’s Gospel, and Paul’s letters. Chapter 3 collects answers from the writings of four Christian thinkers: Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther, Søren Kierkegaard, and Thomas Merton. Chapter 4 examines answers from two modern psychologists, D.W. Winnicott and Susan Harter. The fifth chapter concludes with a synthesis of these answers, in order to propose a Christian perspective on the false self and true self.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSelf--Religious aspects--Christianityen_US
dc.subject.lcshSelf--Biblical teachingen_US
dc.subject.lcshSelfen_US
dc.titleThe False Self and True Self: A Christian Perspectiveen_US
dc.typeElectronic dissertationen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.publisher.institutionSouthern Baptist Theological Seminaryen_US


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