The Biblical Spirit and its Cognitive Functionality: A Jungian Hermeneutic of Biblical Theory
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2019
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A thesis on the ideal of psychological wellness according to Biblical theology as well as
Jungian theory. 'I apply the vocabulary and framework of Dr. Carl G. Jung's model of the psyche
to the theological mandates conducive to personal health found in Biblical scripture. C. G. Jung
characterizes the human psyche as an exchange between the outer material/physical world and the
inner psychic/spiritual realm. To Jung, one achieves proper personal integration by mediating the
divisions of irrational and subconscious causes of one's motivation. Just like the authors of the
New Testament, Jung posits the human spirit as the faculty foremost responsible to one's proper
development. Accordingly, Jung's main hypothesis of a commonly inherited collective
unconscious bolsters the notion of humanity's inherent spirituality and, further, religiosity. By
establishing religion, or rather faith, as a faculty separate from, and yet tantamount in relation to
reason, I aim with this thesis to reconcile the spiritual imperatives of the Bible with Jung's
understanding of individual personhood.