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Emerson, James G., jr. The Dynamics of Forgiveness. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1964. A Presbyterian minister and theologian regardsrealized forgiveness as central both to Christian theology and to the work of the local church. Realized forgiveness requires both the context (God's love and grace) and the instrumentation (dynamic human action in response to God).
Hiltner, Seward.Self-Understanding Through Psychology and Religion. New York: Abingdon Press, 1951 (Apex paperback). The author reflects on the way in which the Christian layman may combine his knowledge of psychology and theology to increase self-understanding.
Hiltner, Seward, and Menninger, Karl A. (editors).Constructive Aspects of Anxiety. New York: Abingdon Press, 1963. A symposium considers anxiety from both psychiatric and theological points of view, with preliminary attempts to accommodate the two perspectives.
McKenzie, John G. Guilt: Its Meaning and Significance. New York: Abingdon Press, 1962. An elder statesman among Britain's religiously oriented social scientists attempts to consider guilt from both psychological and theological perspectives, and to show their relationship.
Menninger, Karl, and Others.The Vital Balance. New York: The Viking Press, 1963. A psychiatrist synthesizes thecoping theory of mental illness, in terms understandable to the nonspecialist.
Niebuhr, Reinhold.The Nature and Destiny of Man. Two volumes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941, 1943. The first volume of this set contains a brilliant analysis of sin in modern Protestant theology.
Outler, Albert C. Psychotherapy and the Christian Message. New York: Harper and Row, 1954. A Protestant theologian examines sin and other theological topics in the light of modern psychiatric and psychological discussions.
Roberts, David E. Psychotherapy and a Christian View of Man. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. A brief account that argues for a dynamic rather than a static understanding of Christian doctrines, including sin.
Sherrill, Lewis J. Guilt and Redemption. Richmond: John Knox Press, 1945. An attempt to consider sin and guilt in the light of new psychological knowledge.
Siirala, Aarne.The Voice of Illness. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1964. A Finnish theologian expounds themessage theory of illness.
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This article appeared in “Medical Arts and Sciences,” Vol. 20, No. 2, 1966. Copyright 1966 Loma Linda University, and reprinted by permission.
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Hiltner, S. Christian understanding of sin in the light of medicine and psychiatry. Pastoral Psychol 19, 45–55 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01785475
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