True Self and False Self (eBook)

A Christian Perspective

Matthew Brett Vaden (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
272 Seiten
Wipf and Stock Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-7252-9271-0 (ISBN)

Infos

We go through life, focusing our attention on many things. But how much do we focus on ourselves? We may be aware of many things, but are we self-aware? This is a question our contemporary culture asks us to consider more and more, and words like "e;self-awareness,"e; "e;personal identity,"e; "e;authenticity,"e; and "e;mindfulness"e; are becoming not just buzz-words but virtues. The ancient dictum "e;know thyself"e; reverberates in all corners of our lives, from Disney characters on our TVs to DISC profiles at our workplaces. Some of the more mindful members of our society may even be tempted to disdain those who are not as mindful as they are. But what if our self-aware culture, hailing us to pursue our true selves, is unaware of itself? What if our definitions of true and false self-understanding are myopic, slanted towards a narrow solipsism that is actually leading people away from authenticity, while all the while championing it? If so, how would we know? Who is best able to define these things and to teach us how to know ourselves truly? Matthew Brett Vaden traces the wisdom of past and modern-day sages to discover how we can truly discover ourselves.

Autor

Matthew Brett Vaden is Director of the Three Fourteen Institute in St. Louis. He is an instructor at the St. Louis Campus of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.1.2022
• Vorwort: Eric L. Johnson
• Verlagsort: Eugene
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: Anthropology • authenticity • Christianity • Christian theology • false self • Identity • Identity (Psychology) • Matthew Brett Vaden • Practical • Psychology • Psychology of religion • Religion: general • Religious • self-awareness • Self-knowledge • Self (Philosophy) • Theology • Theory of • The True Self and False Self • true self
• ISBN-10: 1-7252-9271-8 / 1725292718
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7252-9271-0 / 9781725292710