| This study builds the theoretical basis for Christian Psychology. A review of the fields of psychology, science and culture are all shown to call for the development of Christian Psychology. The third and fourth psychologies, Existential-humanistic, and Transpersonal are based on Eastern spirituality that is in opposition to Christianity, creating inherent presuppositional conflicts that compromise clinician and patient who hold personal Christian belief/values. The existence and critical nature of persuppositions is addressed. The convergence of a Biblical Worldview and the current Age of Interrelatedness are discussed as is the status of Christianity as a World Religion. Christanity is defined, professional psychoanalytic psychodynamic psychology is defined. The concept of Christianity as a Culture, distinctly separate from the church is introduced. Christian Culture is defined as spanning time, age, culture, race, gender, nation, language and creed, and is shown to have significant positive effects upon population demographics. Proof of the presence and effects of evil and miracles as they impact theory and treatment are discussed through historical literature. The Theory of Christian Psychology takes contemporary Psychoanalytic Object Relations Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and together with Christianity whose foundation is a Biblical Worldview as seen reflected in the Culture of Christianity, interprets each into the language of the other, demonstrating their convergence. With paradigm shifts and theory extention, the two become a powerful theory/therapy that shortens treatment time and creates deep, enduring healing. The work adds to Object Relations theory for Christian Psychology presenting an Interdiagnostic Continuum and a related sequential Psychological Developmental Stages of Attachment seen as a design of normalcy processes, placed within a multi-dimensional definition of the relational environment. Together this is seen as reflecting the heart of God and Object Relations theory, merged as Christian Psychology. |
