Rhett Diessner
"The first book of its kind, Diessner has managed to lay a dialectical BahÃƒÂ¡ ÃƒÂ­-scientific foundation for the psychological study of the spiritual lives of people. Lucid in its prose, inching forth theory from keen insight, BahÃƒÂ¡ ÃƒÂ­ scripture and scientific literature, Professor Diessner s debut book is a must read." Timothy Richel, Masters in Cognition & Education, University of Washington. ,Contents:,The Image of the Manifestation as the Ontological Basis for a BahÃƒÂ¡ ÃƒÂ­ Psychology: Oneness as Absolute Oneness and Oneness as Unity-in-Diversity; Action Research; Developmental Psychology Made New: Glimmerings from Spiritual Psychology; Western and Middle Eastern Developmental Stage Theories; Selflessness: Congruencies between the Cognitive-Developmental Research Programme and the BahÃƒÂ¡ ÃƒÂ­ Writings; Differentiating Spiritual Principles from Kohlbergian Moral Principles: A BahÃƒÂ¡ ÃƒÂ­ Interpretation; Beauty and Moral Education (with a Chinese Flavour); The Psychology of Beauty as a Foundation for Moral Education; Differentiating Physical, Social and Spiritual Aspects of Emotions; The Psychology of Materialism and Moral Development: Overcoming the Root Cause of Racism and Nationalism; The Myth of Psyche and Eros: An Interpretation Based on Correlates in the BahÃƒÂ¡ ÃƒÂ­ Writings
Psyche and Eros: Baha'i Studies in a Spiritual Psychology