Reading the Lucan call of the first disciples differently: the voices of sensing and intuition

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Searching for the Lost Sheep (Matthew 18: 10–14): Do Sensing Types and Intuitive Types Find Different Things?

“…The first conclusion concerns the science of biblical hermeneutics. The evidence generated from this new study supports and adds to the growing body of knowledge, as summarised in the recent reviews by Francis and ap Siôn (2017), by Francis and Smith (2017), and by Francis and Ross (2018) that supports the theory advanced by Francis and Village (2008) concerning the significance of the psychological type preferences of the reader in shaping biblical interpretation. In other words, there is real dialogue between the reader and the text in shaping biblical hermeneutics.…”

“…Psychological type theory, as originally formulated by Jung (1971) has been developed, extended and operationalised in a series of type indicators or type scales, including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (Myers & McCaulley, 1985), the Keirsey Temperament Sorter (Keirsey & Bates, 1978), and the Francis Psychological Type Scales (Francis, 2005). Psychological type profiling generated by this family of instruments has been employed to constitute hermeneutical communities comprising strong sensing types, strong intuitive types, strong feeling types and strong thinking types in order to explore how typealike groups may accentuate the visibility of type preferences in the interpretation of scripture (see Francis & ap Siôn, 2017;Francis & Smith, 2017;Francis & Ross, 2018).…”

“…The importance of psychological preferences in shaping reader interpretation of scripture has been sharpened by Francis and Village (2008) who draw on psychological type theory (Jung, 1971) to differentiate between the psychological process of perceiving (in this case how the text of scripture is perceived) and the psychological process of judging (in this case how the text of scripture is evaluated). The theory formulated by Francis and Village (2008) has been illustrated and supported by a series of empirical studies that have listened to the voices of different psychological types reading the same passage of scripture (for example, see Francis & ap Siôn, 2017;Francis & Smith, 2017;Francis & Ross, 2018).…”

Reading the Beatitudes (Mt 5:1–10) through the lenses of introverted intuition and introverted sensing: Perceiving text differently

“…Keywords: reader perspective; psychological type; SIFT method; psychology and Bible. (Francis & ap Siôn 2017); the missionary journey reported in Mark 6:6b-16 (Francis, Smith & Francis-Dehqani 2017); and the Matthean pericopes on Pilate and Judas in Matthew 27:3-10, 19-25 (Francis & Ross 2018). More recently this research tradition has also been applied to the Psalms: Psalm 1 (Francis, McKenna & Sahin 2018; and Psalm 139 (Francis, Smith & Corio 2018).…”

Binding and loosing on earth: Evaluating the strategy for church disciplinary procedures proposed in Matthew 18:15-18 through the lenses of thinking and feeling

“…The general thesis that psychological type preferences are influential in shaping reader interpretation of scripture (in terms of both the perceiving process and the judging process) has been tested by a series of studies that invited type-alike groups to discuss their interpretation of scripture and then to share their interpretation with each other. The following passages from the Gospels have been explored in this way: the feeding of the five thousand reported in Mark 6:34-44 (Francis 2010); the resurrection narratives reported in (Francis & ap Siôn 2016a;; the call of the first disciples as recorded in Luke 5:1-7 (Francis & ap Siôn 2017); the missionary journey of the disciples reported in Mark 6:6b-17 (Francis, Smith, & Francis-Dehqani 2017); the theme of grace reflected in Matthew 6:25-30 and Matthew 20:1-15 (Francis, Smith & Francis-Dehqani 2018); and the pericope on Pilate and Judas reported in Matthew 27:3-10, 19-25 (Francis & Ross 2018).…”