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020 _a0671250671 (pbk.)
020 _a9780671250676 (pbk.)
020 _a0671673009 (flexbind)
020 _a9780671673000 (flexbind)
020 _a0671240862 (hardcover)
020 _a9780671240868 (hardcover)
100 1 _aPeck, M. Scott
245 1 4 _aThe Road Less Traveled :
_bA New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth /
_cM. Scott Peck.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSimon and Schuster,
_ccopyright 1978.
300 _a316 pages ;
490 1 _aA Touchstone book
500 _aSigned by author.
505 0 _aI. 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Responsibility -- Neuroses and Character Disorders -- Escape from Freedom -- Dedication to Reality -- Transference: The Outdated Map -- Openness to Challenge -- Withholding Truth -- Balancing -- The Healthiness of Depression -- Renunciation and Rebirth -- II.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.
520 _aDiscusses the nature of loving relationships in the context of traditional psychological and spiritual insights.
650 0 _aSelf-actualization (Psychology)
650 0 _aMaturation (Psychology)
650 0 _aInterpersonal relations.
650 0 _aLove.
650 0 _aValues.
650 0 _aSpirituality.
650 2 _aInterpersonal Relations.
650 2 _aLove.
650 2 _aReligion and Psychology.
650 2 _aSelf-Assessment.
650 2 _aSocial Values.
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