TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peck,M.Scott
TI  - The road less traveled: a new psychology of love, traditional values and spiritual growth 
SN  - 0671240862
AV  - BF 637 .S4 P336 1978
PY  - 1978///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Simon and Schuster
KW  - SELF-ACTUALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY)
KW  - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS
KW  - CHRISTIANITY
KW  - PSYCHIATRY AND RELIGION
KW  - PSYCHOANALYSIS AND RELIGION
KW  - MATURATION (PSYCHOLOGY)
KW  - SPIRITUAL LIFE
N1  - 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transference: the outdated map --  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 --
ER  -