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According to Entwistle, the Enemies model of integration (Christian Combatants subtype)
asserts that: - -1) Christian combatants in the Enemies model reject all psychology.
Example: Jay Adams and the Nouthetic counselors.
2) Mixing psychology and theology is heretical -reaction against ant-religious sentiments of
some psychologists.
3) Scripture contains all information relevant to psychological health
According to Entwistle, the Enemies model of integration (Secular Combatants subtype)
asserts that - -1) A Secular Combatant believes in psychology and science, but
rejects Christianity. Example: Freud, Ellis, famous atheists.
Freud: religion is neurosis, Mechanistic physiology, human rationality, scientific method,
2) Religion is infantile need that can be supplanted by science and truth
According to Entwistle, the Neutral Parties model (also known as the Levels of Explanation
model) asserts that - -1) Psychological neutrality: a person committed to profession
of psychology simultaneously holds religious, but not necessarily Christian, beliefs.
2) Psychology and theology are distinct disciplines - lacks commitment to Christian
orthodoxy, and is simply spiritual or religious
3) Christian neutrality: a person committed to the profession of psychology simultaneously
holds specifically Christian beliefs
According to Entwistle, which model asserts that All truth is Gods truth - -Allies
What is one difference between Entwistles Spies model and his Colonialists model
regarding theology - -1) Spies: Theology reconstructs psychology process - Selective
rejection of theological or psychological viewpoint
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2) Colonialists: Theology transforms psychology process -filtering isolated psychological
findings through proof texts or WV, accepts or rejects findings without engaging discipline
or methods of psychology
Which of Entwistles models emphasizes Gods Word over Gods Works - -Christian
Combatants
Consider this definition: The integration of psychology and Christianity is a multifaceted
attempt to discern the underlying truths about the nature and functioning of human beings
from the unique vantage points of psychology (in its various sub-disciplines, utilizing
diverse methodologies) and Christianity (in theology, faith, and practice). - -Allies
According to Entwistle, an epistemological assumption made by the Enemies model
(Christian Combatants version) is that: - -1) Scripture is the standard of all faith and
practice - contains all information relevant to psychological health
2) Use of psychology is essentially idolatrous
3) Psychology and Christianity have been enemies since the beginning
4) Care of the soul belongs solely to the church, and psychology is a mere trespasser in its
territory
5) Scripture can effectively function as a psychology text
Many who subscribe to the Enemies model (Christian Combatants version) believe that
counseling is the churchs responsibility and should not be done by - -Unbelievers
Psychology and theology both use this methodology in their disciplines: - -Rational
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According to Entwistle, an integration problem for both scientists and theologians is -
-expertise in both psychology and theology