Diagnosing the soul and Hagiotherapy by Tomislav Ivančić / Third Revised Edition / Translated from Croatian by Jenet Berković - Dijagnoza duše i hagioterapija / Grafocommerce 2010 / Hardcover

Hardcover 2010

ISBN: 9783902521040 /  978-3902521040

ISBN-10: 390252104X

PAGES: 540

PUBLISHER: Grafocommerce

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ENGLESKI

About the Author:

Ivančić was born in Davor, Croatia. After the study of philosophy and theology in Zagreb and Rome he was ordained priest of the Zagreb Archdiocese in 1966. After achieving a doctorate at the Papal Gregorian University in Rome, he returned to Zagreb to become professor at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Zagreb. He was head of the Chair of Fundamental Theology, one of the editors of the magazine “Bogoslovska smotra” (Theogian’s Review), member of the editorial boards and associate of many Croatian and foreign theology magazines and member of the Croatian Literary Translators’ Association. Since 1983 he was canon of Zagreb’s Cathedral Chapter.

The areas of his scientific work are philosophy, theology and literature. The area of his special interest is the research of men’s existential-spiritual dimension, in which he was discovering new possibilities and ways of modern evangelisation and the need of developing spiritual medicine, which - next to somatic and psychiatric medicine - is indispensable in the holistic healing of man, and especially in healing spiritual illnesses and addictions. For this purpose he developed the method of hagiotherapy and founded the Centre for Spiritual Help in 1990 in Zagreb, which he was the head of.

English Summary:

The author is a theologist of remarkable theological and scientifi c knowledge as well of profound pastoral experience which are implemented in his books. Th e climax of his theologicalscientifi c observation and pastoral activities is manifested by the special hagiotherapy method used in healing the spirit (as well as the soul and the body). Even with its most developed medical specializations medicine is oft en unable to provide help for a person who is in pain or suff ers morally. Nevertheless, the hagiotherapy with its long experience and practice has shown that hagiotherapeutic treatment effi ciently lessens the pain of spiritual nature. Th is book is a comprehensive manual on what makes the hagiotherapy and its achievements in theory and practice.

Croatian Summary:

Medicina često ni sa svojim najrazvijenim specijalizacijama ne može pomoći čovjeku, koji trpi ili moralno pati. Ipak četranestogodišnje iskustvo i praksa pokazali su da liječenje hagioterapijskim metodama djelotvorno liječi ili ublažava boli duhovne naravi. To je najsveobuhvatnija knjiga dr. Ivančića iz područja hagioterapije, knjiga koja može poslužiti kao sveobuhvatan udžbenik o hagioterapiji i njenim dosadašnjim dosezima u teoriji i praksi.