Donald Capps: 14 books
The Resourceful Self
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
Erik Erikson, best known for his life-cycle theory and concept of the identity crisis, proposed that we are comprised of a number of selves. In several earlier books, including At Home in the World, Donald Capps has suggested that the emotional separation of young children--especially boys--from their...
Giving Counsel
A Minister's Guidebook
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2001
For most ministers, pastoral counseling is a part of daily ministry, whether it is in an office counseling session or in a chance meeting with a parishioner outside the church. Whatever the setting, ministers are often called on to provide counsel and, by virtue of their calling and training, are...
Still Growing
The Creative Self in Older Adulthood
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
The later-adult years are commonly viewed as a period in which one struggles to maintain a vestige of the physical, mental, and emotional vitality of one’s earlier years. In 'Still Growing', however, Donald Capps shows that older adulthood is actually a period of growth and development, and that...
Erik Erikson’s Verbal Portraits
Luther, Gandhi, Einstein, Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
In Erik Erikson’s Verbal Portraits: Luther, Gandhi, Einstein, Jesus, Donald Capps contends that Erikson’s portraits of respective historical figures make a highly creative contribution to psychoanalytic discourse. Although he reluctantly abandoned his youthful aspirations to become an artist,...
Still Growing
The Creative Self in Older Adulthood
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
The later-adult years are commonly viewed as a period in which one struggles to maintain a vestige of the physical, mental, and emotional vitality of one's earlier years. In Still Growing, however, Donald Capps contends that older adulthood is actually a period of growth and development, and that...
Living in Limbo
Life in the Midst of Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Limbo has traditionally been viewed as a place between heaven, on the one hand, and purgatory and hell, on the other, to which the patriarchs, who lived under the old law, and babies who died before being baptized into the Christian faith have been consigned. Like purgatory, it is a dark place but...
Understanding Psychosis
Issues, Treatments, and Challenges for Sufferers and Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
When a loved one is struck with psychosis, people often misunderstand what is happening and why. They may feel helpless or confused or frightened, not knowing what to do with or for the sufferer or how to handle the situation themselves. This book takes a look at psychosis and how it has been handled...
The Religious Life
The Insights of William James
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
William James called his classic work, The Varieties of Religious Experience, "a study in human nature." This volume recognizes that a fundamental feature of human nature for James is that we have a conscious and a subconscious mind and that the subconscious mind is deeply implicated in...
Young Clergy
A Biographical-Developmental Study
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Five historic ministers-five formative career paths-which path are you on?
According to Daniel Levinson’s developmental theory, each person’s professional career path forms at the same time in their life, in their 20s and 30s. Young Clergy: A Biographical and Developmental Study applies...
The Gift of Sublimation
A Psychoanalytic Study of Multiple Masculinities
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
There is not, and never was, a monolithic masculinity; there are, and always have been, multiple masculinities. Today diversity with regard to gender and sexuality is beginning to be recognized and celebrated even while many religious denominations still resist these cultural changes. This book offers...
Striking Out
The Religious Journey of Teenage Boys
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
Whatever religion may have meant to the boy when he was younger, in the teenage years it takes the form of a personal journey or quest. This journey is related to other aspects of his life and is integral to how he experiences himself and others. The title of this volume--Striking Out--has the connotation...
Humor Us
An Appeal for the Gospel of Relaxation
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
This book addresses the fact that Americans tend to live under a considerable amount of stress, tension, and anxiety, and suggests that humor can be helpful in alleviating their distress. It posits that humor is a useful placebo in this regard; cites studies that show that humor moderates life stress;...
At Home in the World
A Study in Psychoanalysis, Religion, and Art
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
The emotional separation of boys from their mothers in early childhood enables them to connect with their fathers and their fathers' world. But this separation also produces a melancholic reaction of sadness and sense of loss. Certain religious sensibilities develop out of this melancholic reaction,...
by Nathan S. Carlin, Donald Eric Capps
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
We all want to be happy, but what does that mean, and how do we get there? These questions may be a popular topic of positive psychology books in recent years, but interest in the subject stretches back over a century. Distinguished authors Nathan Carlin and Donald Capps examine opinions, research...