Psychology in the service of the Church – Fr. Vasileios Thermos

           Man, being in the image of God and „an animal in the process of deification“ (according to St. Georogy Nazianzen) – whose brain and nervous system are largely shaped by evolution, who is both restricted and boundless through his genes, sealed by his early experiences, moderated by his hormones, and under a great diversity of other influences – is able to display a wide range of behaviors, some of which are abnormal. At the beginning of third millenium, the Institute of Sts. Sebastian and Mardarije, held in San Diego, California, offered an inter-disciplinary medical-theological study of such a fundamental and fascinating topic …