In this wide-ranging discussion of love, work & parenting Van Leeuwen helps readers to understand some of the forces within which men as well as women are called to make responsible & just decisions about gender relations as God's stewards & regents on earth.

Chapters are; 1.Psychology in a Postmodern Age.2.Non-western Psychologies from Ancient Times.3.Ancient Greek Psychologies:Man as the Measure of All Things.4.The Biblical Drama & the Meaning of Personhood.5.Psychologists & Psychology's Paradigm.6.Psychology & the Brain-Mind Debate.7. Behavioral Psychology at Seventy.8.The Cognitive Revival.9.Social Psychology:A Battleground between two paradigms.10.Personality Psychology; an Ambiguous Ally. 11.Psychology & the Agenda for the Future.

Also see her most recent book 'Fathers & Son' in section F.

Dr.VanLeeuwen was Associate Professor of Psychology at York University , Toronto & is currently Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Calvin College in Michigan.

Alarmingly, these ideas have gripped universities, which turn out lawyers, judges, writers, journalists, teachers and other culture shapers. Postmodernist ideas have seeped into films, television, art, literature, politics, and, without knowing it, into the head of the average person in the street.

This book offers clear guidance to those who want to understand what is happening in our society today. Major sections on Post Modern thought, art, society, and religion.

Using James S. Coleman's ideas on social capital, education expert Steven Vryhof descibes how the twin requirements for functional community, value consistency & intergenerational closure, are achieved in these faith-based schools. Looking in great detail at a variety of Protestant schools ,Vryhof uncovers the complexities,subtleties, &nuances of faith -based education that often elude those concerned only with producing higher test scores, a 'moral environment', or a competitive workforce. Far from endangering the republic , Vryhof suggests, faith-based schoolsimprove the common good by building functional communities in ways that the public school system cannot.

Through candid interviews with parents of children in faith-based schools, Vryhof also answers questions that other parents may have about faith-based education for their own children.

Based on solid research, this book presents a convincing case for placing faith-based schools on a more level playing field in today's academic marketplace.

Dr. Vryhof is an educational consultant & Adjunct Professor of Education at Calvin College, Michigan.

'Almost everybody today has heard of postmodernism; almost nobody can tell us exactly what it is. Worse, hardly any Christians can talk coherently about it or show how the gospel of Jesus addresses postmodernism's questions and comes up with rich answers. Middleton and Walsh offer clarity, commonsense and challenging answers on this puzzling but vital subject. All thinking Christians should read this book. 'Truth' and 'reality' will never seem the same again, which might be just what we all need.' (Tom Wright). 'The book will be a most helpful resource for those who care about our common future and who are willing to think honestly, informed by faith.' (Walter Brueggeman)

Major sections are 1)What are worldviews. 2) The Biblical worldview 3) The Modern worldview 4) The Bibical worldview in action.

The modern worldview has yielded a spiritually empty world dominated by science, technology , economic growth & consumption . Christianity both abandonned the public world & was ejected from it by secularism . The authors yearn for change, they long to see Christianity penetrate the structures of society, reforming and remolding our culture.