Louis Community College, has produced a commendable analysis of a nagging problem for all who work at integrating theology and psychology: Is pride at the core of the human dilemma or is it a lack of self-esteem? Cooper works with material from Augustine and Reinhold Niebuhr to illustrate the case for pride and from Pelagius and Carl Rogers to make the case for a lack of self-esteem.
Terry Cooper, a professor of psychology at St. Sin, Pride, & Self-Acceptance: The Problem of Identity in Theology and Psychology. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. A review of Terry Cooper's, 'Sin, Pride, & Self-Acceptance: The Problem of Identity in Theology and Psychology,' by James Beck.Ĭooper, Terry D.
