Peck, M. Scott

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transference: the outdated map --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

BF 637 .S4 / P336 1978