The road less traveled : a new psychology of love, traditional values and spiritual growth /
M. Scott Peck.
- New York, NY : Simon and Schuster, c1978.
- 316 p. : 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references
I. Discipline -- Problems and pain -- Delaying gratification -- the Sins of the father -- problems-solving and time -- responsibility -- neuroses and character disorders -- Escaper from freedom -- dedication to reality -- transference: the outdated map -- openness to challenge -- withholding truth -- balancing -- the healthiness of depression -- renunciation and rebirth -- II. Love -- love defined -- falling in "love" -- the Myth of romantic love -- More about ego boundaries -- Dependency -- Cathexis without love -- "Self- Sacrifice" -- Love is not a feeling -- the work of attention -- the risk of loss -- the risk of independence -- the risk of commitment -- the risk of confrontation -- love is disciplined -- love is Separateness -- love and psychotherapy -- the mystery of love -- III. Growth and religion -- World views and religion -- the religion of Science -- the case of Kathy -- the case of Marcia -- The case of Theodore -- the baby and the bath water -- Scientific tunnel vision -- IV: Grace -- The miracle of health -- the miracle of the unconscious -- the miracle of Serendipity -- the definition of Grace -- the miracle of Evolution -- The alpha and the omega -- entropy nd original Sin -- the problem of Evil -- the Evolution of Consciousness -- the nature of power -- Grace and mental illness : the myth of Orestes -- Resistance to Grace -- The welcoming of grace -- afterword --
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SELF-ACTUALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY)--RELIGIOUS ASPECTS--CHRISTIANITY PSYCHIATRY AND RELIGION PSYCHOANALYSIS AND RELIGION MATURATION (PSYCHOLOGY)--RELIGIOUS ASPECTS--CHRISTIANITY SPIRITUAL LIFE