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Revision as of 18:02, April 21, 2009
Jay E. Adams is a Reformed theologian known for his work on the development of counseling that is a Biblical and Reformed alternative[1] to that of "standard", liberal psychology. His work was inspired mostly by Reformed theology and partly by Thomas Szasz and O.H. Mowrer[2].
One of his most representative books is Competent to Counsel, which discusses how the Holy Spirit can bring about positive change in Biblically-centered counseling
| “ | A good seminary education rather than medical school or a degree in clinical psychology, is the most fitting background for a counselor.[3] | ” |
Contents
Nouthetic counseling
Adams began to publish and speak about his psychological theories in 1970, giving them the name nouthetic counseling. The need for Nouthetic counseling was based on 3 points: (1) modern psychological theories were bad theology, (2) psychotherapeutic professions were a false pastorate, (3) the Bible already instructed pastors in the ways needed to counsel.[2]
Conflict with Evangelical theology
In late 1970 and through the 1980's evangelically-trained Christian counselors attempted a more Paul Tillich-like integration of Christianity with modern psychology, successfully integrating themselves into much of modern evangelical Christianity. Like the theology of Paul Tillich, the basis of such a science and religion-integration proved to be somewhat unstable. During this time nouthetic counseling was pushed out of evangelical Christianity (approx. 60 million) and respected and used only in Reformed Christianity (approx. a half million), but failures in evangelical counseling led to the re-emergence of Adams's theories in the 1990's.[2]
Selection of Works
- Competent to Counsel: Introduction to Nouthetic Counseling, Jay E. Adams, Zondervan, 1986, ISBN 0310511402, 320 pages (1st published in 1970)
- The Big Umbrella: And Other Essays on Christian Counseling, Jay E. Adams, Baker Book House, 1972, ISBN 0801000580, 265 pages
- The Christian counselor's New Testament : a new translation in everyday English, with notations, marginal references, and supplemental helps (Six editions exist spanning 1977-2000)
References
- ↑ worldcat identity
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Competent to Counsel?: The History of A conservative Protestant Anti-psychiatry movement, written by Ph.D. candidate David A. Powlison, Charles Rosenberg (thesis adviser), 1996 University of Pennsylvania Doctor Thesis
- ↑ Competent to Counsel, Jay E. Adams, 1970, 1986
