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Werner May (Germany)
was the senior chairman of the IGNIS Ins�tute for Chris�an Psycho-
logy in Kitzingen for more than 25 years (www.ignis.de). As a teacher
his main interest was in basic ques�ons of Chris�an Psychology and
in counseling of foster families. He also helped to build up the Ins�-
tute for Chris�an Psychology, Educa�on and Therapy in Switzerland
(www.icp.ch). Now he is the chairman of the European Movement
for Chris�an Anthropology, Psychology and Therapy (www.emcap-
p.eu) and publishes the free e-journal Chris�an Psychology Around
The World (h�ps://emcapp.ignis.de). Since 2016 he has also publis-
hed another e-magazine (www.gehaltvoll-magazin.de) to encourage
people that they can live their everyday life in rela�onship with God
and others as an extraordinary life.
Werner has been married to Agnes for more than 45 years. They live
in Würzburg, Germany, and have six adult children.

Former ar�cles by Werner available here:
h�ps://emcapp.ignis.de/18/#p=53
h�ps://emcapp.ignis.de/17/#p=34
h�ps://emcapp.ignis.de/16/#p=37
h�ps://emcapp.ignis.de/15/
h�ps://emcapp.ignis.de/12/#p=29
h�ps://emcapp.ignis.de/2/

A Chris�an Psychology? Eine Christliche Psychologie?

IGNIS, the German Assoocia�on for Christan Die Gründung von IGNIS, der Deutschen Gesell-
Psychology, was founded in 1986 as a result of scha� für Christliche Psychologie, entsprang
a joint search by several Chris�ans working as 1986 der gemeinsamen Suche mehrerer als
psychologists, psychotherapists or psychiatrist- Psychologen, Psychotherapeuten oder Psychia-
s: How can we - with our professional compe- ter arbeitender Christen: Wie können wir mit
tence and on the basis of our Chris�an faith - unserer fachlichen Kompetenz und auf der
develop concepts that are appropriate and hel- Grundlage unseres christlichen Glaubens dem
pful to people? How can our Chris�an faith be- Menschen angemessene und hilfreiche Kon-
come the suppor�ng and forma�ve basis not zepte entwickeln? Wie kann unser christlicher
only of personal but also of professional thin- Glaube die tragende und prägende Basis nicht
king and ac�ng? nur des persönlichen, sondern auch des berufli-
chen Denkens und Handelns werden?
The goal of this search was what they called
Chris�an Psychology, a psychology that is deve- Das Ziel dieser Suche nannten sie Christliche
loped holis�cally within the framework of a bi- Psychologie, eine Psychologie, die ganzheitlich
blical-Chris�an understanding of reality and aus dem Rahmen eines biblisch-christlichen
uses scien�fic research methods.

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