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		<title>How Insights from Religion Could Promote Mental Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Psychology was taking form as an academic discipline, many were interested in the interface between Religion and Psychology. In particular, many were interested in how Religion and Psychology could work together to best promote mental health. For example, Carl &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/how-insights-from-religion-could-promote-mental-health/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1339&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from the Life of Steve Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last couple of years, I&#8217;ve really become interested in reading biographies. At first, this was purely for enjoyment, and mostly it still is. Reading biographies helps me to broaden my reading from the typical psychological and religious kinds &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/lessons-from-the-life-of-steve-jobs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1327&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How I Try to Parent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like most every other parent in the world, I deeply love my kids, and want what is truly best for them. Much of what I want for them is psychological. For example, I hope that my kids become self-sufficient. I &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/how-i-try-to-parent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1322&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This I Believe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This essay recently was published by &#8220;This I Believe.&#8221; http://thisibelieve.org/essay/98543/ Filed under: Christianity Tagged: Christianity<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1316&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Differences Across Christian Traditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve blogged anything. This is not because of a lack of writing. In fact, I&#8217;ve been working on revising a manuscript for The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion dealing with how the association between &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/differences-across-christian-traditions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1313&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Awe of the Sublime</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1757, the philosopher Edmund Burke published &#8220;A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful.&#8221; In this book, Burke makes the case that these two major affections are considerably different, with the sublime involving &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/awe-of-the-sublime/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1307&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Awe as a Positive Emotion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve long been impressed by the ideas and scientific research of Barbara Fredrickson, a Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina. Others have as well. Marty Seligman, often regarded as the founder of Positive Psychology, once called Fredrickson &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/awe-as-a-positive-emotion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1302&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Favorite Proverbs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most intriguing books of the Bible is the book of Proverbs, which contains sayings intended to promote wisdom in readers. I&#8217;ve been reading these Proverbs for the past few months. Below are some of my favorites: &#8220;Trust &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/favorite-proverbs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1300&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God as Self-Evident</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe in God; I know.&#8221; (Carl Jung) My growing interest in religious and mystical experiences has led me to consider the optimal approach to determine whether God really is real or not. To do this, I&#8217;ve re-read a &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/god-as-self-evident/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1296&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Psychology of Spiritual Experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How does God become real to people when God is understood to be invisible and immaterial, as God is within the Christian tradition?&#8221; So begins one of several fascinating scholarly articles regarding the psychology of spiritual experience by a Stanford &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/the-psychology-of-spiritual-experience/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1293&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery and Awe in the Writings of C. S. Lewis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[C. S. Lewis arguably is the most influential Christian thinker of the modern era. He is best known for his children&#8217;s books (the Chronicles of Narnia) and his apologetic writings (for example, Mere Christianity). Less understood is C. S. Lewis&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/mystery-and-awe-in-the-writings-of-c-s-lewis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1287&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Reason for God</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who doubt the existence of God often say that it is simply unreasonable to believe. For instance, the famed atheist, Richard Dawkins, often equates belief in God with belief in fairies. In this analogy, belief is a nice thing, &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/the-reason-for-god/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1283&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Idea of the Holy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Awe is the best of man.&#8221; (Goethe) &#8220;A God comprehended is no God.&#8221; (Gerhard Tersteegen) In his book, &#8220;The Idea of the Holy,&#8221; the Germany theologian, Rudolf Otto, writes what is perhaps the most original and compelling discussion of awe &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/the-idea-of-the-holy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1280&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Psychology of a Nazi Extermination Camp Commandant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished the most remarkable book: &#8220;Into That Darkness,&#8221; by Gitta Sereny. This book is organized around 70 hours of interviews that the author conducted with Franz Stangl, a leader in the Third Reich who worked at the T4 &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/the-psychology-of-a-nazi-extermination-camp-commandant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1276&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Awe in the Bible</title>
		<link>http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/awe-and-reverence-in-the-bible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing my recent reflections about awe, I have been fascinated by studying the number of references to awe in the Bible. The word used is not always &#8220;awe&#8221; itself, but given how I have conceptualized awe previously, I think it &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/awe-and-reverence-in-the-bible/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1266&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Uniqueness of Christian Awe</title>
		<link>http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/the-uniqueness-of-christian-awe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in my most recent post, it seems that almost all awe experiences come from a limited number of sources, including encounters with the Divine, nature, art, inspiring music, or being in the presence of someone extremely powerful &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/the-uniqueness-of-christian-awe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1251&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Conceptualization of Awe</title>
		<link>http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/the-conceptualization-of-awe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, my friend and colleague, Dr. Myles Johnson and I published a commentary in the Star Tribune about awe in Minnesota. It can be found here: http://www.startribune.com/opinion/122197559.html Since this article was published, Myles and I have received &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/the-conceptualization-of-awe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1238&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Celtic Spirituality</title>
		<link>http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/celtic-spirituality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 20:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since spending time in Scotland and Ireland a few years ago, I have been intrigued by Celtic spirituality. Recently, I completed reading John O&#8217;Donohue&#8217;s trilogy on his interpretation of Celtic spirituality in his books &#8220;Eternal Echoes,&#8221; &#8220;Anam Cara,&#8221; and &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/celtic-spirituality/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1215&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fundamental Attribution Error</title>
		<link>http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/the-fundamental-attribution-error/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife loves carrot cake more than any other kind of food. To keep it a “special treat,” however, she only allows herself one time per year to eat it. A few years ago, I decided I would surprise my &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/the-fundamental-attribution-error/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1199&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Treatment of Psychological Diseases and Disorders</title>
		<link>http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/treatment-of-psychological-diseases-and-disorders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), there are nearly 400 different psychological disorders. Some of these disorders fit the definition of “disease,” a problem that impairs functioning and that mostly stems from biological &#8230; <a href="http://thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/treatment-of-psychological-diseases-and-disorders/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thequestforagoodlife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4569092&amp;post=1197&amp;subd=thequestforagoodlife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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