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The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community

The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Curt Thompson, Makoto Fujimura (Foreword by)Publish date:2021-10-05Pages:248
Language:EnglishPublisher:IVPISBN-13:9781514002100ISBN-10:1514002108UPC:9781514002100Book Category:Religion, Psychology, Self-HelpBook Subcategory:Christian Living, Neuropsychology, CreativityBook Topic:Spiritual GrowthSize:9.00 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCJ8KQDS9K

A Spiritual and Neurobiological Redemption of Desire

We are people of desire.

In The Soul of Desire, psychiatrist Curt Thompson suggests that underneath all our longings is the desire to be known--and what's more, that this fundamental yearning manifests itself in our deep need to make things of beauty, revealing who we are to others. Desire and beauty go hand in hand.

But both our craving to be known and our ability to create beauty have been marred by trauma and shame, collapsing our imagination for what God has for us and blinding us to the possibility that beauty could ever emerge from our ashes.

The Soul of Desire is a mature, creative work that:

  • Weaves together neuroscience and spiritual formation by drawing on Thompsons work in interpersonal neurobiology and clinical practice,
  • Opens up new horizons for thinking about the nature of the mind and what it means to be human, and
  • Presents a powerful picture of the capacity of the believing community to reshape our imaginations, hold our desires and griefs together, and invite us into the beauty of God's presence.
Language:EnglishPublisher:IVPISBN-13:9781514002100ISBN-10:1514002108UPC:9781514002100Book Category:Religion, Psychology, Self-HelpBook Subcategory:Christian Living, Neuropsychology, CreativityBook Topic:Spiritual GrowthSize:9.00 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCJ8KQDS9K

Curt Thompson (MD, Wright State University) is a board-certified psychiatrist and the founder of Being Known, an organization that develops resources for hope and healing at the intersection of neuroscience and Christian spiritual formation. He is also the author of The Soul of Shame and Anatomy of the Soul. Thompson and his wife, Phyllis, a licensed clinical social worker, are the parents of two children and live in Arlington, Virginia.


Publisher: IVP

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