...Wayne Wilson Spring 2014 Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity Author – David N. Entwistle Abstract The book “Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity” by David Entwistle, is a tightly packed explanation of the relationship between Christianity (theology) and psychology. Through most of history there has been many a heated debate over these two topics being integrated. Entwistle presents information that shows how the two are both designed by God and that God is the author of all truth (Entwistle, 150). Entwistle attempts to walk the reader through various investigated claims and the tensions that ensue from these arguments. We typically go through life looking through our own lens of how things should be based on our own worldview. How we see things and interpret them are filtered through our limited understanding of the world. “Worldviews function somewhat like eyeglasses” (Ibid, 56). This concept is held to throughout the book. The author wants the reader to understand how people learn and determine their view of truth. Entwistle introduces the term epistemology. This is “an exercise of intellectual virtue” (Ibid, 76). These virtues include honesty, humility, respectfulness, compassion, etc. He points out the necessity of these virtues in order to better help us evaluate ourselves. Entwistle presents his five models of relationship between psychology and theology. These models are first given...
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...4-MAT Review on Entwistle COUN 506-B16 June 03, 2012 Liberty University Dr. Angel Weaver Abstract In the literature of Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity written by author David Entwistle (2010), explains Christianity, and psychology being integrated with one another. David Entwistle says that “Primarily psychology and Christianity are perceived by many people to be in opposition” (Entwistle, 2010). Both psychology and Christianity address both the experiences in human life and angles from different views. The writer also explains, “Christianity being based on the Word of God. Psychology is based on worldly views; it is an empirical foundation, so it does not allow faith to make any adjustments in its teachings.” (Entwistle, 2010) Christianity is based on the belief in Jesus Christ, which takes faith and understanding, the Bible is the teachings and laws that God wants us to abide by, and is the foundation of all truth. The writer of the book states that, “Psychology uses empirical methods of study while theology studies human interpretations of God’s Word.” (Entwistle, 2010) We take a look at the integration of the behaviors. The book Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity’s sole purpose is to help the readers understand combining the disciplines of psychology and Christianity. Even though the two always seem to pull against one another, the author gives great examples and issues...
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...and reason using Tertullian’s symbolism of Athens as the seat of reason and Jerusalem as the seat of faith; which is the basic ongoing battle between science and religion (Entwistle, 2010). What Entwistle addresses is his belief that integration of the disciple of psychology and Christianity is possible, each contributing to the whole allowing effective therapy, where the therapist becomes a type of shepherd that invites the client into the goodness of God and introduces Christ as his savior. Psychology attempts to understand, describe, and diagnose human behavior but Christian theology seeks to understand “what it means to be human” (Entwistle, 2010, p. 3). In the end Entwistle (2010) reoccurring theme throughout the book is that this integration is possible because “all truth is God’s truth” (p. 13). All the reasoning, precise measurements, and descriptives of psychology are possible because of God’s work in creation. Entwistle expands on the concept of worldviews and how each individual interprets everything around them. Each person will search for the truth but it will be biased according to the individual’s worldview. To understand these biases it is important for each individual to examine their own presuppositions because these effects the way the person interpret the world and the Bible. Entwistle (2010) expands on five models for integration: (1) Enemies, (2) Spies, (3) Colonists, (4) Neutral Parties, and (5) Allies. Enemies of integration believe science cannot be...
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...Entwistle presents an argument in favor of integrating psychology and theology (2011). His argument starts with a definition of integration and a discussion on how to integrate. He differentiates between counselors who simply spew information vs. counselors who truly understand and apply spiritual concepts (p.32). His argument starts with an historical perspective. He compares two ancient cities: Athens and Jerusalem. Athens represents reason, while Jerusalem represents spirituality (Entwistle, 2010). He argues, using the comparison of each city’s knowledge source, that “All truth is God’s truth” (Entwistle, 2010, p.13). Entwistle believes that both psychology and theology must be employed in a counseling setting because both are God’s truths. This thought process is the basis for the rest of the text. In order to accept that all truth is God’s truth, and therefore accept that theology and psychology are both truths, Entwistle recommends examining our own worldview. Worldviews are not innate. The way in which we view our world is based on our experiences, education and culture. Our worldview greatly influences our ability to integrate the two disciplines (Entwistle, 2010). One must be secure in a solid base of spirituality before integration with psychology can occur. Again, Entwistle emphasizes God’s sovereign truth in both psychology and theology (2010). Entwistle then discusses five models of integration. Christ against Culture, or combatants, believe psychology has...
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...Friends, though it may not be sounding good for some, I need to keep on reminding us this horrible place I visited 20 years ago, because I don't want anyone to end up in HELL. If we do not accept JESUS as our personal LORD and SAVIOUR, we will not go to Heaven, but end up in HELL!!!HELL is a DEAD-END. Once you go, you will be there for all eternity - there is no escape!!!God never intended anyone to go there. He made hell for satan and his fallen angels. There are numerous scriptures from the Bible on HELL.Revelation 20:15 - And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.Matthew 25:46 - And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.2 Thessalonian 1:9 - Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;Revelation 21:8 - But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whore-mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.Revelation 19:20 - And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.Daniel 12:2 - And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and...
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...The Entwistle 4mat Review Theology Religion Essay Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity allowed me to understand the past occurrences of psychology and theology. The book displayed the religion and confidence that psychology and Christianity should combine for it to possess a higher understanding and permitting the client a higher probability of healing. So as to do this there should be an entire understanding of every element in and of itself. Entwistle’s (2010) book presented all the facts from history as it has formed society these days. As he mentioned these historic events, it shows simply how the knowledge today may be a reflection or reaction of what happened then. Christianity has invariably had an enormous impact on world history and the way the planet is viewed. The author makes it clear that God offers humans reality and honesty in His Word. When consideration of his works is given his Word has begun to demonstrate an impact on the planet. The Word of God is the Bible that God created as a guide to living life in the way that God designed to be the best for humankind. Theology and Psychology do not appear to be to be compatible however they are similar when it involves the appreciation and comprehension that enables a person's life to be meaningful. The planet is filled with individuals that have many abilities to share. God created us in his image therefore that makes each of us distinctive in our own sense. We all have things of our own to share...
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...TELUS is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $9.6 billion of annual revenue and 12 million customer connections including 6.7 million wireless subscribers, 3.8 million wire line network access lines and 1.2 million Internet subscribers and 228,000 TELUS TV customers. According to the SWOT analysis of TELUS, TELUS started to diversify product and service. Therefore, customers who use mobile phone and home phone are primary target market. TV and Internet clients are secondary target market. Journal Article Summaries Telus's new generation An interview with Karen Redford, president of Telus Partner Solutions, is presented. She says that the company is on net more than 75% of Canada and 95% if wireless is included, with its partners. She mentions that the people behind Telus, including her, established themselves as the Internet protocol (IP) leader. She adds that Telus is not competing against big carriers in Canada and that it focuses only on providing business. Alan Burkitt-Gray. (2007, November). Telus's new generation: Karen Radford of Telus Partner Solutions. Global Telecoms Business,1. Retrieved October 11, 2010, from ABI/INFORM Complete. (Document ID: 1409567411). Telus goes to the washroom. The article reports that Telus Corp. is taking toilet humour to a new level in a campaign that promotes high-speed Internet service in British Columbia and Alberta. The telco is placing multimedia ads, done by DDB Vancouver, in bar and restaurant...
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...The Who Before enrolling in American Popular Music, I had decent background on a fair amount of bands and artists we have talked about in class, including, but not limited to, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, and The Eagles. These artists are some of my Dad’s favorite, so therefore I learned a lot about them from him; however, he has never been a fan of The Who. Therefore, I was rather excited when I was assigned a research paper on The Who; a band who I really knew nothing about before American Popular Music. In the following paper, I will provide details about The Who’s individual band members’ lives, as well as information in relation to the band in general. The Who had four main members: Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon. In addition to being the band’s guitarist, Pete Townshend took on the roll as the primary song writer. The most interesting fact I found about Townshend, is that he owns his own book publishing company. He actually published a book of his own called “Horse’s Neck” which consisted of a variety of short stories. Townshend has maintained a musical interest throughout his life, even after The Who broke up in 1983 (The Who Official Band Website). Roger Daltrey has always been a passionate musician; to the point where he even designed many of the bands guitars (The Who Official Band Website). Recently, Daltrey’s passion for music resurfaced. According to Mayer Nissim, a reporter for Digital Spy, “Roger Daltrey has confirmed that he...
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...Compliance Program / Annual Procedure Review Rule 206(4)-7 of the Investment Advisers Act creates a fiduciary responsibility for investment advisers to review annually their policies and procedures to determine their adequacy and the effectiveness of their implementation. As part of this review, all policies, procedures and responsibilities of an adviser must be reviewed, and the findings documented. The review should consider all factors that might suggest a need to revise the policies and procedures including any compliance matters that occurred during the year, any changes in the adviser’s or its affiliates business activities, or changes to applicable regulations. Reviews should be conducted by independent individuals (e.g., the department manager) not immediately responsible for implementation of a particular procedure. An overall review and approval of the adviser’s policies and procedures should be completed by the Chief Compliance Officer and should be submitted to the adviser’s Management Committee or Executive Officers for Final Action. |Procedure | |Summary & |Recommended |Reviewer & | |Completion Date & | |Reviewed |Findings |Conclusions |Change/Update |Date of Review |Review by CCO |Final Actions ...
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...Riverside Casino and Golf Resort / Stacy Benson Topic Title Performance Reviews NO. This title won’t work. What about performance reviews? If you were doing a simple research paper you could write about performance reviews based on research alone. In this Sr Paper you must determine the state of the art based on your Literature Review. Then you will give the background of the problem and discuss it. This must all lead to two Courses of Action (COAs; solutions) that are tied to your title and problem. You need a “product” such as a process, a plan, a strategy, a program – something that can be recommended and implemented. Problem Statement (if not finalized post a draft – focus on the "pain.") The problem is that after initial training employees are not being reviewed for current performance. Suggest that after this initial statement you add something more about the problem. Brief Topic Overview The casino is experiencing a high turnover rate of employees because after their initial training they are put on the floor without any further review. In the handbook employees are supposed to have a review after 90 days but they are not being implemented. This leaves the casino with under qualified employees that eventually terminate their employment due to not feeling able to meet the high demands. The solution to this problem, if it is the problem, is simple. Just IMPLEMENT PERFORMANCE REVIEWS. You can see...
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...Peer Evaluation for MKT 420 Your Name: KYRIA AHO Fill in the blanks for each team member (but not yourself) as if you were writing an evaluation or recommendation for that person. ONLY ONE TEAM MEMBER MAY BE RECOMMENDED FOR PROMOTION. Consider if you were assigned to another team, which team member you would want to be your boss. Consider who you’d like to work with again. Consider who you’d go to extremes to avoid working with if you had a say. Here is the format for peer evaluations. Include the team member’s full name (1), and be specific about (2) what the team member did or did not do. At the end, if you were employed with this person, (3) would you recommend (a) Promoting, (b) Retaining (Keep in position), (c) Retaining with counseling to improve performance or (d) firing/replacing. Please keep in mind that in most business situations, only one person in a group would likely be promoted. Thus a recommendation to promote would be reserved for the truly exceptional team member Team Member 1: LEXA CREAMER As a team member with Lexa Creamer on the team marketing plan project, I feel qualified to speak about his/her job performance. Lexa’s contribution to the project was timely and significant. She accepts correction easily and is always willing to assist in any way that she can. I believe Lexa’s strengths are enthusiasm and timely submission of her work. I believe her weakness is the lack of flexibility. Lexa had to miss some of the meetings due to time conflicts...
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...Why did we choose that particular topic or article to be reviewed? As for this assignment, our group has all agreed to choose the article titled ‘Stress Management’ as the article that we need to review. Why we chose this article is absolutely because it is easy to be reviewed. This article has much points and ideas in it. Besides, we chose this article because it is exactly and definitely related to our life as university students. So, we can easily put some ideas as our experiences to review this article. This article teaches us much about stress; what stress actually is and what do make us stressed. This article also gives us knowledge about some stress-management techniques as to overcome this particular problem. As students, we cannot run away from this problem, and we need to face it throughout our whole life as a human. Not only students, all human beings will face any kind of stress either teachers, farmers and also ministers. This article also tells us that stress is not always bad, but sometimes stress can be beneficial to us when it makes our work better and done energetically. We deeply think about how we will think to review this article so we will not face too much obstacle in order to finish this group assignment. Making notes on the article read The five articles that we choose is only about two pages each and these articles have many points and ideas to be taken and used. We need to take notes on these articles to determine which article is the best to be...
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...com/product/engl-135-entire-course/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM ENGL 135 ENTIRE COURSE 1. ENGL 135 Week 1-7 All Discussion Questions 2. ENGL 135 Week 1 – Restaurant Evaluation 3. ENGL 135 Week 2 – Omnivore’s Dilemma Book Review 4. ENGL 135 Week 3 – Position Paper 5. ENGL 135 Week 4 – Research Proposal 6. ENGL 135 Week 5 – Annotated Bibliography 7. ENGL 135 Week 6 – Research Paper Draft ENGL 135 ENTIRE COURSE To purchase this visit following link: http://www.activitymode.com/product/engl-135-entire-course/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM ENGL 135 ENTIRE COURSE 1. ENGL 135 Week 1-7 All Discussion Questions 2. ENGL 135 Week 1 – Restaurant Evaluation 3. ENGL 135 Week 2 – Omnivore’s Dilemma Book Review 4. ENGL 135 Week 3 – Position Paper 5. ENGL 135 Week 4 – Research Proposal 6. ENGL 135 Week 5 – Annotated Bibliography 7. ENGL 135 Week 6 – Research Paper Draft ENGL 135 ENTIRE COURSE To purchase this visit following link: http://www.activitymode.com/product/engl-135-entire-course/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM ENGL 135 ENTIRE COURSE 1. ENGL 135 Week 1-7 All Discussion Questions 2. ENGL 135 Week 1 – Restaurant Evaluation 3. ENGL 135 Week 2 – Omnivore’s Dilemma Book Review 4. ENGL 135 Week 3 – Position Paper 5. ENGL 135 Week 4 – Research Proposal 6. ENGL 135 Week 5 – Annotated Bibliography 7. ENGL 135 Week 6 – Research Paper Draft ENGL 135 ENTIRE COURSE To purchase this visit following link: http://www...
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...technology discussion forum . It provides its readers with detailed specs for thousands of computer hardware products, reviews, expert analysis and comparisons. Take the Asus X99 Rampage V Extreme motherboard for example, it belongs to a well know product line known as the Republic of Gamers (ROG). Overclock3D takes this motherboard and breaks it down piece by piece, they go into details of each aspect of this motherboard, from new features that was not available in previous Rampage motherboard models, to over clocking options, and even enhance their review with videos, screen shots, and bench testing results to verify motherboards' specs and capabilities. For the computer enthusiast, this website with an easy to navigate layout, and attractive format, brings all the new hardware to one place, and provides a tremendous amount of information regarding computer hardware. Additionally, the site has several tools that gives its readers the opportunity to discuss, ask questions, and expand on hardware uses through comments, forum, frequently asked questions and other threads in the Community section. Overclock3D was initially dependant on users input through the forum platform. Their enthusiasm however turned into a full scale professional publication, the website became a registered company in the UK and expanded its operations into other websites as well. Reviews done to hardware such as the Rampage V are now handled by professionals like Tom Logan their Director and Chief Editor...
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...Butterfly leaked just 24 hours before its official release date, March 15, and that most major music websites published their reviews of the album within three days of the leak. On such an immediate deadline for filing a feature-length album review, it’s nearly impossible for a young critic to stunt. At Jezebel, Clover Hope just wrote the truth. With bits of personal and political context interspersed, Hope framed her review as a first-take impression of the “overwhelming blackness” of an album about funk and self-destruction. “This initial feeling is suffocating,” Hope wrote. “It’s the essence of Dis Tew Much.” I think most fans and critics would agree that Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly is, indeed, overwhelming. I reviewed To Pimp a Butterfly in about 72 hours. In that narrow band of time, I "got" the album's messages and themes but couldn’t grasp the motivations for the album’s sound. Why, in. You’ll recall that To Pimp a Butterfly leaked just 24 hours before its official release date, March 15, and that most major music websites published their reviews of the album within three days of the leak. On such an immediate deadline for filing a feature-length album review, it’s nearly impossible for a young critic to stunt. At Jezebel, Clover Hope just wrote the truth. With bits of personal and political context interspersed, Hope framed her review as a first-take impression of the “overwhelming blackness” of an album about funk and self-destruction. “This initial feeling...
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