Pop Psychology and the Gospel

Abstract

“Therapy groups replace worship, encounter weekends substitute for retreats, sensitivity training replaces contemplation. Transformation of religion by pop psychology has been so complete that we take it for granted. [But] personal development is an erratic, uncertain, and arduous process. It takes a long, long time to become holy and even longer to become a saint. The rhetoric of the personal development craze in American religion conveniently overlooks these harsh and unpleasant facts.”