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Christian Psychology

This study will investigate the nature and significance of Christian psychology. The study will use the approach of Ronald Koteskey as presented in that author's General Psychology for Christian Counselors. Koteskey writes that his book "shows how a Christian perspective brings unity to psychology and emphasizes the interconnectedness of all areas of general psychology . . . It points out several important areas ignored in secular general psychology, discusses these areas from a Christian perspective, and applies them to disorders and treatment" (1983, p. 7).

In other words, this study, in general, will explore the ways in which Christian perspectives and general psychology complement one another. The attitude of too many Christian counselors and secular psychologists is that the two approaches to healing are not amenable to such complementary interaction. The result of such an attitude, based on fear and prejudice and provincialism on the part of both Christian counselors and secular psychologists, is that the individual who could benefit from such complementary interaction is cheated out of a profoundly important part of the healing experience.

The title of this section of the study is the title of perhaps the most important chapter in Koteskey's book. While this study (and Koteskey's book) approach Christian psychology with an emphasis on the Christian part of that term, it is crucial to at the same time stress that the two approaches-- spiritual and psychological--are seen as interconnected and complementary.

In other words, the strengths of both Christian and psychological perspectives are increased and intensified by a combining of the two.

Basically, the argument of Koteskey and this study is that man is not just a biological or a psychological creature. He is also a spiritual creature. The individual who needs help in psychological terms will be only partially treated if his spirit is ignored in the heal...

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Christian Psychology. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 07:42, March 28, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1686998.html