Overcoming Self-Deception: Integrating Christian Theology with Jungian Psychoanalysis
Self-deception can be insightfully studied from both a biblical and Jungian psychoanalytic lens. This article shows how both perspectives can significantly complement each other on this issue. It will be argued that insights from psychoanalysis in the past century, particularly from a Jungian perspe...
| Published in: | Journal of psychology and christianity |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| In: |
Journal of psychology and christianity
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Self-deception
/ Jungian psychology
/ Theology
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| RelBib Classification: | CF Christianity and Science NBE Anthropology ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
Psychoanalysis
B Human Behavior B Psychotherapy B Parapsychology B EMOTIONS (Psychology) |
| Summary: | Self-deception can be insightfully studied from both a biblical and Jungian psychoanalytic lens. This article shows how both perspectives can significantly complement each other on this issue. It will be argued that insights from psychoanalysis in the past century, particularly from a Jungian perspective, have the potential to be integrated with Christian theology to help individuals effectively overcome issues where they deceive themselves repeatedly. The therapeutic effectiveness of integrating these two perspectives in self-deception will be illustrated in a realistic but fictional case study. Also, examples of biblical characters helping others overcome self-deception will be explored with some Jungian psychoanalytical commentary. In addition, contemporary neuroscience findings will be shown to confirm the wisdom of both the intervention strategies that biblical characters employed as well as modern day Jungian-based interventions that target self-deception. The article will finish by illustrating how an integrative intervention can be utilized to overcome self-deception with the same fictional case study. |
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| ISSN: | 0733-4273 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and christianity
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