Deus Misereatur

Contemplation and Counseling: An Integrative Model for Practitioners by P. Gregg Blanton My rating: 4 of 5 stars If humans are truly made in the image of God then there is necessarily a pious aspect to their make-up, their troubles, and to their recovery. P. Gregg Blanton, professor of psychology and human services at Montreat College since 1997, founder of the Center for Contemplation and Marriage, and active therapist in private practice, has interestingly drawn in contemplative prayer as part and parcel for helping others gain/regain well-being. This is all laid out in his brand new 232 page paperback, "Contemplation and Counseling: An Integrative Model for Practitioners". This volume is primarily for the sanative specialists, drawing from the mindfulness approaches of Kabat-Zinn and Siegel, as well as the centering prayer pathway of Meninger, Pennington and Keating. But it moves into the author's own direction. In "Contemplation and Counseling" Blanton...

Soul Recreation: The Contemplative-Mystical Piety of Puritanism Tom Schwanda Pickwick Publications (Wipf and Stock) 199 West 8 th Ave, Suite 3 Eugene, OR 97401 http://www.wipfandstock.com ISBN-978-1-61097-455-4; $35.00; 2012. Reviewed by Dr. Michael Philliber for Deus Misereatur (12/12)  Puritan Piety (3 stars out of 5) When one thinks of meditation or contemplation, rarely does Puritanism race to the forefront of the mind. Instead, other traditions will be quickly thought of and looked into. But Tom Schwanda, Associate Professor of Christian Formation and Ministry at Wheaton College, seeks to give a scholarly corrective to this perception. In his recent 292 page paperback titled, “Soul Recreation: The Contemplative-Mystical Piety of Puritanism” he lays the groundwork for reclaiming a Reformed and Evangelical heritage of contemplative piety, looking primarily at one 17 th Century Puritan, Isaac Ambrose. In “Soul Recreation, Schwanda strives to raise, a...