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...

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1. VerfasserIn: Kam, Christopher (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2018
In: Journal of psychology and christianity
Jahr: 2018, Band: 37, Heft: 2, Seiten: 137-152
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Selbsttäuschung / Analytische Psychologie / Theologie
RelBib Classification:CF Christentum und Wissenschaft
NBE Anthropologie
ZD Psychologie
weitere Schlagwörter:B Psychoanalysis
B Human Behavior
B Psychotherapy
B Parapsychology
B EMOTIONS (Psychology)
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0733-4273
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and christianity