Francis, Leslie J., Smith, Greg and Corio, Alec S. (2018) Exploring psalm 139 through the Jungian lenses of sensing, intuition, feeling, and thinking. HTS Theological Studies, 74 (1). 5058. doi:10.4102/hts.v74i1.5058 ISSN 0259-9422.

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Abstract

139 provides both great opportunities and huge challenges for the preacher. It is a Psalm crafted in four parts: part two is an imaginative and poetic affirmation of God’s omnipresence that engages the Jungian perceiving process ; part four is a fierce and uncompromising diatribe against God’s enemies that engages the Jungian judging process . Interpretations of these two sections of the Psalm are explored among a sample of 30 Anglican deacons and priests serving as curates who were invited to work in small hermeneutical communities structured according to psychological type theory and designed to test the SIFT approach to biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching. The findings from the hermeneutical communities demonstrated that the poetic power of part two was perceived quite differently by sensing types and by intuitive types. The judgement against God’s enemies in part four was evaluated quite differently by feeling types and by thinking types. The implications of these different readings of sacred text are discussed in relation both to hermeneutical theory and to homiletic practice.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BS The Bible
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- )
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Bible -- Criticism, Textual, Jungian psychology
Journal or Publication Title:	HTS Theological Studies
Publisher:	AOSIS
ISSN:	0259-9422
Official Date:	28 August 2018
Dates:	Date Event 28 August 2018 Published 5 July 2018 Accepted
Volume:	74
Number:	1
Article Number:	5058
DOI:	10.4102/hts.v74i1.5058
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	12 July 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access:	13 July 2018
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