Building A Christian Psychology

The Rock of Revelation

In an age of proliferating theories about the human mind, it is imperative that psychology, the study of human experience and behaviour, be grounded in a revelatory epistemology in which the active contemplation of Christ becomes the orienting centre for understanding the person, illuminating both our deepest wounds and our highest possibilities. When psychological science is shaped by the Judeo-Christian tradition and the theological narrative of Scripture, its theories are anchored in a vision of humanity created, fallen, and redeemed, and its research is guided by a hope-filled realism that neither sentimentalises suffering nor reduces the person to mechanistic processes. Such a Christ-shaped psychology holds inestimable value: personally, it nurtures authentic wellbeing by integrating spiritual formation with emotional and cognitive growth, and socially, it cultivates communities marked by compassion, justice, and the restoration of relationships. This vision has been advanced by key contributors such as Paul C. Vitz (1976, 1994), Stanton L. Jones (1991), Eric L. Johnson (2007), and Dallas Willard (2002), whose work continues to inspire a discipline rooted not merely in observation but in divine revelation.