Five Views Books
In 2010, David Powlison participated in the book, Psychology and Christianity: Five Views. In that book, various leaders in their field each wrote a chapter presenting their positions, and then they each responded to chapters written by the other four authors. The five views included the Levels of Explanation approach, the Christian Integrative Counseling approach, the Biblical Counseling approach (written by David Powlison), the Christian Psychology approach, and Transformational Psychology approach.
A Biblical Counseling Five Views Book?
Recently, I asked on social media whether the time might be right for a “Five Views Biblical Counseling” book. The response was overwhelmingly in favor of such a book. Here’s my thinking…
Rather than addressing various Christian counseling perspectives on psychology, this book would be an “in-house,” “family” conversation among people who identify as biblical counselors. Biblical counselors would respectfully, publicly interact with each other about central issues regarding what makes biblical counseling truly biblical.
Some Suggested Authors/Approaches
Perhaps biblical counseling leaders from the Biblical Counseling Coalition, like Curtis Solomon and Deepak Reju could serve as the book’s moderator—writing the Introduction and Conclusion, etc. Dr. Eric Johnson served that role with the Psychology and Christianity: Five Views book.
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