Ego Trip
eBook - ePub

Ego Trip

Rediscovering Grace in a Culture of Self-Esteem

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ego Trip

Rediscovering Grace in a Culture of Self-Esteem

About this book

Is loving yourself really the solution to all your problems?

In the world of popular psychology, there are few things more protected or indulged than that fragile little trait known as self-esteem. Today, it's not the sin of pride we worry about, but the sin of not liking ourselves enough.

In Ego Trip, psychiatrist Glynn Harrison takes aim at what has become one of Western society's most entrenched ideologies. He charts the rise of this ubiquitous value, arguing that the "science" underlying it is flawed, that there is little evidence efforts to promote self-esteem work, and that, in its popular form of "boosterism," self-esteem promotion comes with hazardous and unwanted side effects.

Is there a more biblically and psychologically secure approach to big questions of significance and worth? Dr. Harrison asks.

You will be intrigued, challenged, and quite possibly freed by his conclusion: compared with the failed ideology of self-esteem, the gospel offers the foundation for personal significance and meaning.

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Information

Publisher
Zondervan
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9780310516552

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Birth of an Ideology
  9. 2. Tipping Point
  10. 3. Catch Them Young and Sell It Hard
  11. 4. To God You’re Big Stuff!
  12. 5. Does Boosterism Work?
  13. 6. The Age of the Narcissist
  14. 7. Kids Praise
  15. 8. All Roads Lead to Philosophy
  16. 9. We Did It My Way
  17. 10. Amazed By Grace
  18. 11. How to Stop Judging Yourself
  19. 12. The Bigger-Than-Your-Ego Trip!
  20. Postscript
  21. Endnotes