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A review and critique of the psychological biography of Jesus by Donald Capps underscores in the life and times of the founder of Christianity the management of narcissism and acute melancholia by males who would rise to deeply heartfelt religious leadership, but find themselves filled with frustration and personal anguish in the process. Jesus had a self-identity that was forged in such psychological trials. His personality was neither that of an other-worldly apolcalypticist nor one of a this-worldly social reformer. Rather, Jesus had a utopian-melancholic personality, which noticeably characterizes many men in contemporary times who would engage in a spiritual quest.
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Hutch, R. Review and Critique of Jesus . Pastoral Psychology 50, 469–474 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015499916304
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015499916304