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The Soul of Desire

Name: The Soul of Desire
Price: 24.15 GBP
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Author: Curt Thompson
ISBN: 9781514002100

Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community

by Curt Thompson

Hardback
248 pages
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
16 x 23.3 x 2.2 cm

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For those seeking understanding of desire and beauty

Helps you heal trauma that blocks your creativity

You will embrace your true self and God’s beauty

The Soul of Desire explores how our longings shape beauty and community.

Anna Hockley

Eden Christian Books Specialist

Our Mission

Equipping you for life's journey with Jesus:

Now a team of 60 – we've been serving the Church since 2004
Together we've raised over £1,000,000 for UK Christian charities
25,000 churches are using the Eden Plus account

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We are people of desire. In The Soul of Desire, psychiatrist Curt Thompson suggests that underneath all our longings is the desire to be known--and what's more, that this fundamental yearning manifests itself in our deep need to make things of beauty, revealing who we are to others. Desire and beauty go hand in hand. But both our craving to be known and our ability to create beauty have been marred by trauma and shame, collapsing our imagination for what God has for us and blinding us to the possibility that beauty could ever emerge from our ashes. Drawing on his work in interpersonal neurobiology and clinical practice, Thompson presents a powerful picture of the capacity of the believing community to reshape our imaginations, hold our desires and griefs together, and invite us into the beauty of God's presence. The Soul of Desire is a mature, creative work, weaving together neuroscience and spiritual formation to open up new horizons for thinking not only about the nature of the mind, but about what it means to be human.