Full Title
A faith based, integrated recovery program: from addiction to new identity
Author
Ross Stanley Banister
Abstract
Addiction to substances and other behaviors is epidemic. The properly trained and prepared church is the perfect culture for recovery from addiction to occur. Assuming that "all truth is God's truth," this dissertation is designed to gather science that is compatible with scripture, and integrate as a theology of addiction and recovery. Neuroscience, as well as psychological and sociological truths, helps demonstrate the importance of the church in addressing this issue. The dissertation is multi-method: interdisciplinary, integrative (science and theology) and ethnographic (addict and recovery cultures). It is quantitative only in reporting research findings of others.
Subjects
Degree Granting Institution
Advisor
Norman L Thiesen
Language
English
Date
2010
Number of Pages
252