Methodist Personality Transformation in Context
A Response to Haartman
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13824232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H Newton Malony (School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary 180 North Oakland Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-58 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archive for the Psychology of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0084-6724 • E-ISSN: 1573-6121 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1163/008467207x188586 |
| OpenAlex | W2026718710 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Haartman's analysis of ecstatic experience in early Methodism is contextualized within a brief review of the history of the movement and the theological assertions that underlay these religious behaviors. Wesley emphasized individual, as opposed to institutional religion and affirmed inductive as contrasted with deductive theology. “Sanctification,” Wesley's term for personality transformation, is seen as positive ego development rather than regressive splitting of the ego. Maslow's “peak experience” is affirmed as a valid model for analyzing ecstatic behaviors. Methodism no longer emphasizes such forms of religious expression
Context (archaeology · Ego psychology · Epistemology · Id, ego and super-ego · Maslow's hierarchy of needs · Methodism · Personality · Psychoanalysis · Sanctification · Theology · History · Mormonism, Religion, and History · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |