These and other questions are the concerns of Dr. Clinton McLemore in this provocative and thoughtful book, The Scandal of Psychotherapy. McLemore suggests that in recent years psychology has moved into the sanctuary; theology has crept into the clinic. Pastors are now counselors; psychiatrists have become high priests.

Author McLemore argues persuasively that this marriage of theology and psychology yields serious tensions. There is a legitimate relationship between the two, but too often theology intrudes into the business of mending personalities, while psychology claims powers of salvation.

The Scandal of Psychotherapy is an excellent introduction t the philosophical, moral, and religious aspects of contemporan psychology. It offers a careful, critical look at Christian psychology and calls for Christians to hold theology and psychology in balance, without compromise.