Using cognitive behavioural techniques from the Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy of Albert Ellis and Beck’s Cognitive Therapy New Zealand social worker Wayne Froggatt has written a number of books based upon twelve RATIONAL principles:
Self-Knowledge
Self-Acceptance and Confidence
Enlightened Self-Interest
Tolerance for Frustration and Discomfort
Long-Range Enjoyment
Risk-Taking
Moderation
Emotional and Behavioural Responsibility
Self-Direction and Commitment
Flexibility
Objective Thinking
Acceptance of Reality
The idea is to learn to [...]
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Dr Abigail San, clinical psychologist, has replicated the famous Milgram test of 1963, where people are told by a researcher to administer electric shocks when questions are answered wrongly, even when the test subject screams in pain. The object is to discover how and why people commit atrocities.
She finds similar results to Dr Milgram- that [...]
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The Invisible Church by Pittman McGehee and Damon Thomas is the most provocative understanding of the psychology of religion that I have read since Erich Fromm’s The Art of Loving. It speaks to our obvious questions. It awakens our unconscious yearnings.
~ John Shelby Spong
People who have given up organised religion have often been hurt [...]
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Partners for Sacred Places is a US not-for-profit founded in 1989 to address the problem of older religious properties falling into disuse and disrepair.
Churches and historic religious buildings are important to their community as landmarks and for the services they provide, but often as a congregation moves away or ages there is no funding or [...]
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The death of Russia’s first post-Soviet leader of the Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexiy II was marked by ringing church bells across Moscow earlier today.
He oversaw the rebuilding of Christ the Saviour Cathedral after the fall of communism which had been made into a swimming pool by Lenin.
He was supportive of President Gorbachov’s modernisation reforms and was today honoured by former President Putin and new [...]
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