RELIGION AND RELIGIOSITY IN TERMS OF PSYCHOLOGY

Mgr. Petro TARASENKO

doctorand, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Presov, Masarykova 15, 080 01 Presov, Slovakia, petro.tarasenko@smail.unipo.sk, 00421517724729

Abstract

The religiosity of a person is much more complicated and multifaceted than it seems from the outside. Physiological and psychological needs, intelligence and the environment have an impact on human religiosity. For centuries, religions have used various methods that make up modern professional psychological tools. Religion is focused on the inner world of a person, on it’s religious experience, which is of great importance for the emergence of the psychology of religion. Religion contributes to socialization, supporting traditions and order in society. As a healer of the soul, the psychoanalyst is interested in the same issues that philosophy and theology - human soul and its healing.

Keywords

Psychology, religion, religiosity, soul, psychologist

SUMMARY

A person has the greatest treasure - the sanctuary of his soul, which is the image of God. Religion is the key to everything in human life. Ideal human life is possible only in God, with God and for God. Divine meaning should be reflected in the existence of each particular person. For a religious person, it is natural to see the best, with optimism and joy to watch tomorrow. Psychology often reveals the truths that have been discovered and used by various religions many centuries ago. For centuries, religion has been engaged in key human problems, existential and secular. Before the appearance of psychotherapy, religion was the only tool that supported the mental and spiritual health of society. Professional ethics and role of priests and psychotherapists are largely solidary - they both "deal with the human soul." Both the priest and the psychologist should respectfully and reverently treat to the soul of a person. Psychology and psychotherapy need dialogue with religion, because they have a common point of contact - the human soul. Only the goal of psychotherapy is the healing of the soul, while the purpose of religion is the salvation of the soul.

(Language: english)

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