Neuroplasticity, Performativity, and Clergy Wellness - Neighbor Love As Self-Care

Issues of clergy health and well-being are physical issues but also have social and theological dimensions. This book engages in interdisciplinary reconsideration of theological anthropology in light of the plasticity and performative quality of the embodied brain ecosystem, arguing that self-care is a critical component of loving one's neighbor.

List of contents

1. Neuroscience: The Organizing System For Experience And Meaning-Making
2. Deconstructing and Reconstructing Understandings of Self
3. A Working Theory of Wellness
4. Performativity And Plasticity: Storying Self Bi-Directionally In The Embodied Brain Ecosystem
5. Theoretical and Therapeutic Implications
6. A Theraputic Framework: A Case for Short-Term Clincial Skills in Spiritual Care and Counseling Contexts

About the author

By William D. Roozeboom

Summary

Issues of clergy health and well-being are physical issues but also have social and theological dimensions. This book engages in interdisciplinary reconsideration of theological anthropology in light of the plasticity and performative quality of the embodied brain ecosystem, arguing that self-care is a critical component of loving one's neighbor.

Product details

• Authors: William D Roozeboom, William D. Roozeboom, Roozeboom William D.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781498521277
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2127-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Emerging Perspectives in Pasto; Emerging Perspectives in Pastoral Theology and Care; Emerging Perspectives in Pastoral Theology and Care
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; RELIGION / Christian Ministry / General, RELIGION / Spirituality, PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Christianity, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Neurosciences, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience, Christian ministry & pastoral activity, Religious ministry and clergy