The road less traveled : a new psychology of love, traditional values, and spiritual growth

Peck, M. Scott (Morgan Scott) 1936-2005 (Author).

Summary: A new psychology of love, traditional values, and spiritual growth.

Record details

ISBN: 9780743243155 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0743243153 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
315 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition: 25th anniversary ed.
Publisher: New York : Touchstone, c2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"With a new introduction by the author"--Cover.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction to the 25th anniversary ed. -- I. DISCIPLINE. Problems and pain -- Delaying gratification -- The sins of the father -- Problem-solving and time -- Responsibility -- Neuroses and character disorders -- Escape from freedom -- Dedication to reality -- Transference: the outdated map -- Openness to challenge -- Withholding truth -- Balancing -- The healthiness of depression -- Renunciation and rebirth -- II.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 and 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.