Essays on Entwistle

Book Review: Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity

Book Review: Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity

Summary

Entwistle’s (2015) text Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity: An Introduction to Worldview Issues, Philosophical Foundations, and Models of Integration is a text that explores the intersectionality between psychology and theology, and asks one important question: to what extent, if at all, should these two disciplines be connected? It might seem an esoteric question at first, but it has very deep, important roots. These questions, according to Entwhistle (2015), speak to the very root of both disciplines—and both have something to offer the other, suggests the author. Despite the ...

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The health issues affecting older people have over the years faced constant ignorance in the society. It has become essential to include the elderly patients in the national policy issue because of their increased numbers in the population. The primary objective of such a move is to provide better health care and high quality of life for older adults and their respective families. Health care systems, health care providers, policy makers and health care organizations have to dedicate their efforts on sensitization of acute and chronic medical issues affecting older and improvising measures that can help protect the elderly ...

In my training and practice in psychology, I have attempted to reconcile my sense of professional ethics with my spirituality. By Christ, we are called upon to be the “salt and light” of the world. However, as healthcare professionals, we are meant to disentangle our personal beliefs from our professional conduct. Entwistle (2015) talks about the major obstacles to integrating our worldview into our counseling. One of these obstacles is the absence of a “holistic theology,” which teaches us that all life is given by, and belongs to, God. I believe that a holistic theology can help alleviate the ...