Agentive Philosophy and Psychology

The following is an attempt to gather a complete bibliography of resources dedicated to the study of agentive philosophy and psychology. As it is ever incomplete, I am ever looking for more and would appreciate any input.

Deciding what does and does not count as agentive theory here is difficult. Not all of the following articles will self-identify as "agentive theory" but all are close enough to the principles thereof that they deserve inclusion. Certainly, there are many other books and articles that are friendly to the fundamental ideas of agentivism, but aren't "agentive" per se. I will probably include a list of such references at a later time.

Because agentive ideas are approached from so many different angles, and written for so many different audiences, I have divided the resources into four general categories.

Note: The links to AMCAP bring you to the search page. Put the title and author in the search box there.

 

General Audiences

Books

Arbinger Institute, The. The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict. San Francisco:
            Berrett-Koehler, 2006. 231 pages.

Aribinger Institute, The. Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box. San Francisco:
            Berrett-Koehler, 2002. 192 pages.

Warner, C. Terry. Bonds That Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationships, Coming to Ourselves. Salt Lake City:
            Shadow Mountain, 2001. 336 pages.

Articles

Arbinger Company, The."No Other Way: The Source of Hope for Organizations of the Future." 1999, 14 pages.

Arbinger Company, The. "The Parenting Pyramid." 1998, 8 pages.

Olson, Terrance D. "Marital Conflict and Self-Deception: Theory and Preliminary Practices." Paper presented at
            7th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference. Sydney, 24-26 July 2000.

Warner, C. Terry. "A Wounded Spirit." Journal of Collegium Aesculapium, 1990, pp. 6-13.

Warner, C. Terry and Terrance D. Olson. "Another View of Family Conflict and Family Wholeness." Family                     Relations, Vol. 30. No. 4 (Oct. 1981) pp. 493-503. Revised version in AMCAP, Vol.10. No.1, 1984

 

Religious Approaches

Books

Ferrell, James L. The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Our Hearts and Homes. Salt Lake City: Deseret,                2004. 199 pages.

Articles

Brower, Stephen L. "Testing Theories of Behavior with Scripture." AMCAP, Vol 8, No.2, 1982, pp.32-35.

Judd, Daniel K. "Can Ye Be Angry, and Not Sin?" Hard Questions, Prophetic Answers: Doctrinal Perspectives                on Difficult Contemporary Issues. Salt Lake City: Deseret, 2004. pp. 72-99.

Olson, Terrance. "Agency and Self-Deception in the Writings of James and 1 John." Go Ye Into All the World:               Messages of the New Testament Apostles. Salt Lake City: Deseret, 2002. pp. 290-304.

Olson, Terrance. "C. S. Lewis on Family and Self-Deception." C. S. Lewis: The Man and His Message.
            A. Skinner. and R. Millet, Eds. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1999. pp. 73-83.

Olson, Terrance. "Moral Agency: Making the Family a Quality Community." Creating Home as a Sacred Center:             Principles For Everyday Living. BYU Academic Publishing, 2005. pp. 39-49.

Warner, C. Terry. "What We Are." BYU Studies. Vol. 26 No. 1 (1986), pp. 1-32. Revised version here.

Talks/Devotionals

Olson, Terrance. Building Marital Harmony. Covenenant, 2005. DVD, 65 mins.

Olson, Terrance. "To Walk in the Light." Speeches. Provo: Brigham Young Univ. Press. 94-95. pp. 159-168.

Warner, C. Terry. "Honest, Simple, Solid, True" Speeches Provo: Brigham Young Univ. Press 95-96, pp.131-               139.

Warner, C. Terry. "If You Are Young, Uncynical, and Idealistic - There is a Way to Realize Your Dreams."                       Speeches of the Year. Provo: Brigham Young Univ. Press, Feb. 17, 1970. 11 pages.

Warner, C. Terry. "In Forgiving We Are Forgiven." BYU Women's Conference. May 2, 2003.

Warner, C. Terry. "Socialization, Self-Deception and Freedom Through Faith." Commissioner's Lecture Series.               Provo: Brigham Young Univ. Press, 1973. 8 pages.

Warner, C. Terry. "Why We Forgive." BYU Women's Conference.

 

Philosophical Approaches

Books

Warner, C. Terry. Oxford Papers. Salt Lake City: Arbinger, 1997. 195 pages.
Contains an Introduction and five articles:
Anger and Similar Delusions
Locating Agency
Self-Deception as Vacuous Experience
The Social Construction of Basic Misconceptions of Behavior
Irony, Self-deception and Understanding

Articles

Warner, C. Terry. "Immorality and Self-Deception." 1984. I have no idea where I got this thing.

Warner, C. Terry. "The Spirituality of Love: Kierkegaard on Faith's Transforming Power." Revelation, Reason               and Faith: Essays in Honor of Truman G. Madsen. Provo: FARMS, 2002. pp. 187-215.

Warner, C. Terry. "Metaphysics and Morality." Awareness (Summer 1970) v.1, n.2, pp. 21-36.

 

Psychological Approaches

Articles

Arbinger Institute, The. "Who We Are: Toward a Unified Theory of Coaching." 2002, 18 pages.

Judd, Daniel K., Ronald D. Bingham, Richard N. Williams. "Agentive Theory As Therapy: An Outcome Study"                   AMCAP, Vol.14, No.1, 1988, pp.37-54.

Olson, Terrance. "Counseling Couples." Counseling: A Guide to Helping Others, Vol. 1. R. Lanier Britsch and                     Terrance D. Olson, Eds. Salt Lake City: Deseret, 1983. Chapter 10.

Olson, Terrance. "The Gospel, Emotions, and Being Human." Counseling: A Guide to Helping Others, Vol. 2.
                R. Lanier Britsch and Terrance D. Olson, Eds. Salt Lake City: Deseret, 1985. Chapter 1.

Warner, C. Terry. "Feelings, Self-Deception and Change." AMCAP, Vol.8, No. 2, 1982, pp.21-31, 35.

Warner, C. Terry. "Transformations." AMCAP, Vol.9, No. 2, 1983. pp.25-34.

Williams, Richard N. "Self-Betraying Emotions and the Psychology of Heteronomy." Paper presented at                             International Conference on Psychology for the Other, October 18-19, 2003, Seattle University.

Williams, Richard N. and Edwin E. Gannt. "Pursuing Psychology as Science of the Ethical: Contributions of the                   Work of Emmanuel Levinas." Psychology for the Other: Levinas, Ethics and the Practice of
              Psychology. Ed. Edwin E. Gannt and Richard N. Williams. Pittsburgh: Duquesne Univ. Press, 2002.                   pp. 1-31.

 

 
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