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ERIC Number: ED276436
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Oct
Pages: 27
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On Some Possible Links between Personality Theory, Cultural Levels of Adaptation, and Christian Theology.
O'Sullivan, Ralph G.
The purpose of this paper is to link several sets of ideas in personality theory to each other and to Christian theology; link several sets of ideas in personality theory and cultural anthropology to each other and to Christian theology; and demonstrate that various social phenomena are not the domain of any particular social or behavioral science or theology. The specific concerns addressed include: (1) the writings on personality theory by Freud, James, Mead, and several transactional analysts which seem linked to each other and to the Holy Trinity; (2) human adaptation similarities in Maslovian psychology and the cultural functionalism of Malinowski; and (3) some possible Trinitarian foundations to Maslow's self-actualization theory and Malinowski's cultural levels of adaptation. Figures l through 4, respectively, depict Common Themes in Personality Theory and Christian Theology; Three Approaches Used in Discussing Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory; Comparison of Maslow's Theory with Malinowski's Ideas; and Common Components of Maslovian Psychology, Malinowski's Anthropology, and Christian Theology. (Author/DJR)
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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