Psychology and Religion: an Inevitable Meeting

In this article, we seek to explore the relationship between Psychology and Religion and Psychology and Theology, bringing the thinking developed over time by authors interested in the subject. Describing the instrumentalities of these sciences, psychotherapy and poimenics/pastoral counseling, respectively, as well as their different approaches, it is clear the existence of factors of union and divergence. We seek, in a reading of psychology texts, to identify the proximity and importance of the religious phenomenon to the life of the human being and to show that this is not a threat to psychology, as well as to show the influence of psychology in the practice of pastoral counseling. The Sacred has undeniable importance in the constitution of the human being and this should not be denied by any of the two disciplines. Psychology and Theology can be partners, without ignoring the difference in the intentionality of each one, but respecting their specific visions. To do so, we try to define the specifics of each of the areas and their contribution to the process of helping and caring for the human being.