What do self-esteem and spiritual faith have to do with each other? For instance, how does a Christian up-bringing affect someone's self-esteem?Drawing on his experiences as a parent, pastor, and executive director of the California Task Force to Promote Self-Esteem, Robert Ball examines such issues directly and honestly. He provides a detailed and substantial line of thought about how self-esteem is profoundly and necessarily dependent on faith. Valuing oneself depends on a personal belief system about human nature, the nature of the world, and people's relationships with the beings, things, people's events, and systems in their daily lives. While acknowledging that love and faith are central to all great relations, this book looks at how the Christian tradition and humanistic psychology offer complementary in sights about self-esteem.