The Road Less Traveled : A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth / M. Scott Peck.
Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, copyright 1978Description: 316 pagesISBN: 0671250671 (pbk.); 9780671250676 (pbk.); 0671673009 (flexbind); 9780671673000 (flexbind); 0671240862 (hardcover); 9780671240868 (hardcover)Subject(s): Self-actualization (Psychology) | Maturation (Psychology) | Interpersonal relations | Love | Values | Spirituality | Interpersonal Relations | Love | Religion and Psychology | Self-Assessment | Social ValuesSigned by author.
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Responsibility -- Neuroses and Character Disorders -- Escape from Freedom -- Dedication to Reality -- Transference: The Outdated Map -- Openness to Challenge -- Withholding Truth -- Balancing -- The Healthiness of Depression -- Renunciation and Rebirth -- II.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.
Discusses the nature of loving relationships in the context of traditional psychological and spiritual insights.
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