War and Peace
"Unless souls are saved, nothing is saved; there can be no world peace unless there is soul peace. World wars are only projections of the conflicts waged inside the souls of modern men, for nothing happens in the external world that has not first happened within a soul."~ Fulton J. Sheen, Peace of Soul
There is a tremendous need for good Christian Psychology; a psychology which has a fundamental understanding of the nature of man, that is, understanding the toality of his nature, as both material and immaterial, physical and spiritual, body and soul. As such, it can be said that the only true science of psychology, is Catholic Psychology, since Catholic philosophy has the true understanding of man's two natures and their interaction. A science which ignores half the data to answer the questions they ask, is not a true science. So, only Catholic Psychology could ever be a true science of mental health. It takes into account not only the disorders of the mind and body, but the disorders of the soul.
God Bless,
Laurence G.
It has been over 40 years since I had my last academic class in psychology so I forget the name of the psychology that comes to its conclusions by observing the aberrations. Why would it be a better approach to take the disorders into account rather than to build a baseline of the orders and go from there?
ReplyDeleteI seem to remember that there was a good reason for that, but I can't remember.
I do agree with you that psychology that complements itself with the philosophy that forms the basis of Catholic Theology would be as close to true science of psychology that could be found.
Hi Paul,
ReplyDeleteSounds like "Abnormal Psychology" to me. I guess to answer your question some schools of psychology deal primarily with disorders. Some more recent schools deal with normative development and work towards its promotion. This would be ideal. However, just reflecting upon how government spends its money on health, mental and physical, it seems to favor correction over prevention. I think you are right, from a Catholic perspective, we need to define what is normative in terms of an ordered soul and body, and go from there.
Thanks again for your contribution, Paul.
Laurence