David G. Benner est un psychologue des profondeurs, auteur et guide spirituel reconnu internationalement, dédié à la transformation personnelle. Son travail se concentre à l'intersection de la psychologie et de la spiritualité, explorant les couches les plus profondes de la psyché humaine et offrant des voies de croissance spirituelle. L'approche de Benner met l'accent sur l'intégration de la compréhension psychologique avec les principes spirituels pour aider les lecteurs à atteindre une vie plus épanouie et significative. Ses écrits sont appréciés pour leur profondeur et leurs conseils pratiques sur le chemin de la découverte de soi.
In this expanded edition of a spiritual formation classic, David G. Benner explores the twin themes of love and surrender as the heart of Christian spirituality. God doesn't want his people to respond to him out of fear or obligation, but invites us to enter into an authentic relationship of intimacy and devotion—by surrendering to love.
Prayer is not merely something we do; prayer is what God does in us. Using the four movements of lectio divina, spiritual director David Benner invites us to discover openness to God as the essence of prayer, spirituality, and the Christian life. This expanded edition explores prayer as attending, pondering, responding, and being, opening us to a world of possibilities for communion with God.
Benner asks and answers the question, "How might we discipline our wills so that we become both willing and able to do what God asks of us?"
In the expanded edition of this profound exploration of Christian identity, David G. Benner illuminates the spirituality of self-discovery. He exposes the false selves that you may hide behind and calls you to discover the true self that emerges from your uniqueness in Christ. Deepen your experience of God through discovering the gift of being yourself.
This study attempts to identify the religious roots of psychotherapy and surveys the views of spirituality found in a broad range of psychologies such as Jung, Kierkegaard and May. The author reviews the history and understanding of spirituality found in a variety of Christian traditions from the Desert Fathers to Evangelical Spirituality. He attempts therefore to present a model of personality as a psychospiritual unity. Benner has published "The Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology", "Psychotherapy in Christian Perspective", "Psychology and Religion" and "Christian Counselling and Psychotherapy".