Get Hold Of Jesus Personality Theory: Exploring The Five-Factor Model Devised By James R. Beck Available As Readable Copy

. some good insights I so wanted to rate this book higher, It has a great prospect: take the evidence of thefactor model and comb through Jesus' teachings and see what he has to say about humanities struggles in these areas.
Alas, the author's presentation of Jesus' thoughts on these areas seems superficial, underdeveloped and bland, Again, this makes me very sad for his introduction sections to each of the bigare great, his introduction and evidence for the bigis good, and the topics he discovered for the Jesus' specific information is accurate.
I just wish he would have developed them and made them more practical, Jesus and Personality Theory: Exploring the FiveFactor Model is a book by James R.
Beck published in. The author has a PhD, is an ordained minister and a licensed clinical psychologist, and is a Senior Professor of Counseling at the Denver Seminary, where he has taught since.


James Beck wrote the book for Christian counselors, It uses the five factor model of personality as a basis for looking at the life of Jesus Christ.
The author shows how actually practicing the ideas Jesus taught such as spreading joy and experiencing hope, finding the right balance between mercy and justice, and loving and forgiving our enemies can actually increase our mental health.


I am giving Jesus and Personality Theoryofbecause I found the book to be enlightening, but it ended rather abruptly.
Also, it has no index, hampering its usefulness as a reference,

Although I thoroughly enjoyed reading Jesus and Personality Theory, aboutof it is about how Christians can be more like Jesus, and I am not superreligious.
This means only aboutof it is about the five factor model which is the main reason I read the book.


Nonetheless, I enjoyed it because it focuses almost exclusively on the ideas Jesus taught his followers which are certainly among the more positive aspects of Christianity as opposed to the divisiveness and other negative aspects of the church that some nonChristians can tend to focus on.


The five factor model of personality is also known as the Big Five set of personality traits.
After introducing the model in the first two chapters, the remainder of the book consists of five sections, one for each of the five factors.
It is easiest to remember these using the acronym OCEAN,

The introduction includes a possible rating of Jesus' personality by "two respected New Testament scholars" p.
. Following is a list of the Big Five "OCEAN" traits along with the rating attributed to each for Jesus by the two scholars.


Openness is a measure of how open we are to new ideas, and the scholars estimate Jesus would rate AVERAGE on the scale.


Conscientiousness is a measure of how ordered and driven we are, and the scholars estimate Jesus would rate VERY HIGH on the scale.


Extraversion is a measure of the strength of our response to positive emotions, and the scholars estimate Jesus would rate AVERAGE on the scale.


Agreeableness is a measure of how much empathy we have for others, and the scholars estimate Jesus would rate AVERAGE on the scale.


Neuroticism is a measure of the strength of our response to negative emotions, and the scholars estimate Jesus would rate LOW on the scale.



Jesus and Personality Theory brought the things I appreciate about Christianity to the forefront of my mind.
This in turn reinforces the impression I have that the media is not so much full of "fake news" as it is full of negativity.
Of course, if the outlets focused only on the positive they would no doubt soon go out of business.


Expressing this in terms of Economics and the Big Five personality traits, it's apparent that free markets have taught the media that appealing to their customers' negative emotions our Neuroticism is much more profitable than trying to appeal to our positive emotions our Extraversion.


Thus, the bottom line for me is to try to be mindful of when mainstream and social media are stressing me out, and when this happens to shift gears to reading a book.


Additionally, Jesus and Personality Theory has convinced me I can be happier if I am more loving, trustworthy, forgiving, and simply a better person than I was before reviewing and learning more about the positive and inspiring lessons waiting to be found in Jesus' teachings.

In recent years researchers in human personality have come to a rarely achieved near unanimous conclusion: human personality is structured around a very few major traits, probably five in number.
These factors, sometimes called the Big Five and represented by the acronym OCEAN, are:
Openness to experience
Conscientiousness
Extroversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
How does this FiveFactor Model fit with a Christian understanding of human nature How does it compare or contrast with the way Jesus lived, taught and counseled James Beck looks at prominent themes in the teaching and ministry of Jesus and how they relate to the five personality factors.
Here is a study of the Christian implications

of the new modela study that will offer fresh insights for students, pastors and therapists alike.
interesting ideas and a good concept for a book, turned out OK, but wanted more on exactly how Jesus related to these personality factors and vice versa.
required for class interesting but not too engaging, a lot of scripture references without a clear stream of thought for each chapter, . . but the idea is good, James R, Beck is Senior Professor of Counseling at Denver Seminary in Englewood, Colorado, Trained as a clergyman and psychologist, he is now able in retirement to pursue his avocation of local history.
He lives now with his wife on a farm in rural Union Township, Clay County, Kansas, He is curator at the Wakefield Museum in Wakefield, Kansas, from back cover, Toward a More Perfect Union,