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Church Traditions for a Christian Psychology

Wojtyła was at first an active priest in society, ancient sense. But it can happen (historically)
fighting day by day for religious freedom. It that important features, aspects, theories not
was entirely natural to use both philosophy and present in common reflection of some period
theology in thinking about some psychological and among investigators can survive in the re-
problems. ligious context. I am nearly sure that such a si-
Coming back to the text. There is not a Catholic tuation is inside a part of Catholic thought. In
psychology, I think, but there is a kind of Ca- that sense it can serve universally, and Houde
tholic tradition in answers for psychological describes the situation very well.
problems. Specific aspects of that were descri- I read the text with great pleasure, despite the
bed by Houde in a very interesting way. Each fact of some (necessary) simplicity of discus-
science (psychology is a science too) should not sion and compilation of topics. Thank you,
be “Catholic” or “Protestant”, “Orthodox” or Keith Houde. It is good advertisement for stu-
“Islamic”. It should be universal, “catholic” in an dying that tradition deeper and more.

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