The Relation of Jungian Psychological Type to Religious Attitudes and Practices

A Religious Beliefs and Practices Survey (RBPS) was designed to investigate the many relations, assumed to be obtained by pastoral counselors and spiritual directors, between religious orientation and Jungian psychological type. The RBPS and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator were administered to 195 participants. Most differ- ences were found in respect to intuitive (N) and sensing (S) types: N types empha- sized the undefinability of divinity, whereas S types saw the sacred and secular as clearly separate. Religious doubt was more upsetting and rules more important for S types, in contrast to overall vision for N types, who were also more open to religious change. Religion was regarded by judgers as a structure for belief and practice and by perceivers as a source of enriching experience. extraverts and introverts differed in respect to sources of stress and spiritual renewal. Few items differentiated thinkers (T) and feelers (F), except those related to sources of suffering, where F types were concerned with conflict and T types with cynicism.