Gospel healings and the ontological typology of personality

The essay is one of the first attempts to use the ontological symbolism as a language of orthodox anthropology. On the basis of a symbolic reading of the Gospel stories about healings of bodily diseases author proposes criteria for 12 types of personality. Three of them are described in detail.

Keywords: gospel, symbol, healing, typology, spirit, soul, body.

Column: Anthropology, phenomenology, culture

For Reference

Volokhonskaya E.Y. Gospel healings and the ontological typology of personality. Konsul'tativnaya psikhologiya i psikhoterapiya [Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy], 2011. Vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 55–66. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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