Toward Understanding the Psychology of Emotion, Indigenous Spirituality and Christianity in Korea

The Human Affectome

“…Relatedly, as interdisciplinary and integrative as this framework is, only Western academic perspectives have been considered, while Eastern ones as well as Indigenous perspectives have not been breached. This is a significant drawback as Western academia tends to take a metaphysically categorical approach to affect, considering it separate from cognition, while this is not necessarily the case among Eastern and Indigenous psychologies and philosophies (e.g., Mercado, 1994 ; Reyes, 2015 ; Rošker, 2021 ; Sundararajan, 2015 ; Tuske, 2021 ; Zhou et al, 2021 ; Yik, 2010 ; Pernau, 2021 ; Briggs, 2010 ; Choi et al, 2007 ; Crivelli et al, 2016 ; Beatty, 2014 , 2019 ; Allard, 2022 ; Michaels and Wulf, 2020 ; Pak, 2021 ; Yik et al, 2023 ). Further research and collaboration among those from different cultures of academia as well as beyond is highly encouraged.…”

Jeong and Han: The Clinical Implications of Postcolonial Theology on Suffering and Oppression

“…Clients’ various social locations shape their beliefs, expectations, and understandings of culture, gender, and religion; subsequently, integration of psychology and theology must commit to psychotherapeutic undertakings that are dynamic, multidimensional, and historically situated. Unfortunately, in American psychology, there has been a lack of interest in understanding non-Western traditions and other psychologies, annihilating differences and subjectivity (Dueck, 2020; Dueck & Reimer, 2009; Pak, 2020b).…”