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In a survey conducted at the American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry among staff, students, and trustees, about the question people most frequently asked them about the Foundation, the answer was that it was about the relation of religion and therapy.
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See, for example, Tillich's sermon “The Eternal Now” in a book by the same name, New York, Scribner's Sons, 1962. See also his concept ofkairos, “time fulfilled,” which is described as the moment when “eternity touches time.” See also, Kierkegaard'sPhilosophical Fragments. Princeton, N.J., Princeton Univ. Press, 1957, p. 8, on the decisive significance of the moment.
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Belford, A. The relation of religion to pastoral counseling. J Relig Health 7, 26–42 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01532176
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