Importance Of Christian Integration

Psychology and Christianity are two topics that are continually discussed and debated upon, especially in regards to the aspect of integration. Since psychology is known for being an extremely secular field of study, many people believe that it cannot be integrated with the religion of Christianity. However, psychology and Christianity can be successfully integrated. The act of integration has a great amount of importance in regards to psychology, psychological issues, and the Christian faith. The integration model that will be taken in order to attain a holistic understanding of this particular psychological issue will be the Allies model. Based on the Allies model, the importance and use of integration will be established and discussed.
Importance of Integration There are several reasons for why integration is important in the respects of psychology and Christianity. Integration allows for a true depiction of what we are and what life really is, it allows for Christianity to add a more holistic view on psychological …show more content…
According to David Entwistle (2009), “A Christian conceptualization of human personhood as a holistic unity allows us to respect biopsychosocial and spiritual realities, and more over, to see them as unified rather than bifurcated” (p. 142). Based on this quote, this holistic view comes from the combination of psychology and Christianity, rather than the separation of the two. Therefore, psychology itself cannot account for the causes of psychological issues. Likewise, Christianity needs to have a psychological understanding for psychological issues in order to begin to understand these issues from the Christian perspective. Integration ultimately shows its importance by seeking to establish the idea that a holistic view begins with the act of integrating both psychology and