Ego Trip: Rediscovering Grace in a Culture of Self-Esteem
Author: Harrison, Glynn
ISBN: 9780310516545
Publisher: HarperCollins Religious
Year First Published: 2014
Pages: 208
Dimensions: 180mm x 119mm x 15mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
A noted British psychiatrist thoughtfully and biblically critiques our cultural understanding of self-esteem; and then provides a way forward in Christ which leads to true significance. In Ego trip, psychiatrist Glynn Harrison takes aim at one of Western society's most entrenched ideologies: self-esteem. He charts the rise of this ubiquitous value, arguing that the "science" underlying it is flawed, that there is little evidence efforts to promote self-esteem work, and that, in its popular form of "boosterism," self-esteem promotion comes with hazardous and unwanted side effects. Furthermore, he explores whether there is a more biblically and psychologically secure approach to big questions of significance and worth. Readers will be intrigued, challenged, and quite possibly freed by Dr. Harrison's conclusion: Compared with the failed ideology of self-esteem, the gospel offers the ultimate "bigger-than-your-ego" trip.
In The Big Ego Trip, psychiatrist Glynn Harrison takes aim at one of Western society's most entrenched ideologies: self-esteem. He charts the rise of this ubiquitous value, arguing that the 'science' underlying it is flawed, that there is little evidence efforts to promote self-esteem work, and that, in its popular form of 'boosterism,' self-esteem promotion comes with hazardous and unwanted side effects. Furthermore, he explores whether there is a more biblically and psychologically secure approach to big questions of significance and worth. You will be intrigued, challenged, and quite possibly freed by Dr. Harrison's conclusion: Compared with the failed ideology of self-esteem, the gospel offers the ultimate 'bigger-than-your-ego' trip.
ISBN: 9780310516545
Publisher: HarperCollins Religious
Year First Published: 2014
Pages: 208
Dimensions: 180mm x 119mm x 15mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
A noted British psychiatrist thoughtfully and biblically critiques our cultural understanding of self-esteem; and then provides a way forward in Christ which leads to true significance. In Ego trip, psychiatrist Glynn Harrison takes aim at one of Western society's most entrenched ideologies: self-esteem. He charts the rise of this ubiquitous value, arguing that the "science" underlying it is flawed, that there is little evidence efforts to promote self-esteem work, and that, in its popular form of "boosterism," self-esteem promotion comes with hazardous and unwanted side effects. Furthermore, he explores whether there is a more biblically and psychologically secure approach to big questions of significance and worth. Readers will be intrigued, challenged, and quite possibly freed by Dr. Harrison's conclusion: Compared with the failed ideology of self-esteem, the gospel offers the ultimate "bigger-than-your-ego" trip.
In The Big Ego Trip, psychiatrist Glynn Harrison takes aim at one of Western society's most entrenched ideologies: self-esteem. He charts the rise of this ubiquitous value, arguing that the 'science' underlying it is flawed, that there is little evidence efforts to promote self-esteem work, and that, in its popular form of 'boosterism,' self-esteem promotion comes with hazardous and unwanted side effects. Furthermore, he explores whether there is a more biblically and psychologically secure approach to big questions of significance and worth. You will be intrigued, challenged, and quite possibly freed by Dr. Harrison's conclusion: Compared with the failed ideology of self-esteem, the gospel offers the ultimate 'bigger-than-your-ego' trip.
