The quest for the psychological Jesus through a Jungian lens
Francis, L.J. and Jones, S.H. (2024) The quest for the psychological Jesus through a Jungian lens. Mental Health, Religion & Culture. ISSN 1367-4676
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Abstract
This study employs psychological type theory to advance the quest for the psychological Jesus within the reader-response approach to biblical hermeneutics, drawing on data provided by 192 participants from a Pentecostal background who completed two versions of the Francis Psychological Type Scales: one explored the participants’ psychological type profile; the other explored the psychological type profile that they attributed to Jesus. In terms of the 16 complete types, 35% of the participants profiled Jesus as ESFJ, compared with 14% who profiled themselves as ESFJ. In terms of underlying scale scores, the data revealed a significant tendency for participants to construct their image of Jesus within the contours of their own psychological type profile. For example, thinking types were more likely to form an image of Jesus as a thinking type, while feeling types were more likely to form an image of Jesus as a feeling type.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © 2023 Taylor and Francis. This is an author accepted manuscript of a paper published on 4 March 2024 by Taylor & Francis for publication in Mental Health, Religion & Culture. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
| Keywords: | Psychology of religion, Psychological type, Pentecostal churches, Images of Jesus |
| Divisions: | School of Humanities |
| Depositing User: | Ursula Mckenna |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2024 11:40 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Mar 2024 11:05 |
| URI: | https://bgro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1102 |
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