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“Be the Love of God Rather Than Talk about It”: Ministers Study Psychology (2012)

Muravchik, Stephanie (Author)

History of Psychology
Volume: 15
Pages: 145--160
Publication date: 2012
Language: English

DOI: 10.1037/a0024542

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Psychology Secularization Clergy Science and religion 20th century United States

After World War II, American ministers successfully drew on training in psychology to nurture their spiritual and vocational development. Contrary to what critics of a therapeutic ethos in American culture have asserted, this social history of ministers shows that their adoption of psychological modes of thinking was neither atomizing nor secularizing. Rather, it helped them become better people and better ministers. It nurtured their faith as well as their social connections. Thus, I argue against critics who have feared the civically enervating effects of psychological outlooks in American society.

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