Between Text and Artifact: Integrating Archaeology in Biblical Studies Teaching (Archaeology and Biblical Studies)

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manifestationofthe "divine"and the"human"in Chrisl. Forexample,
Barthusedthepattern{Qexplicatetheintegrationofbodyandsoulaswell
astheparadoxicalcontinuitiesbetween,andyetdistinctivenessof,grace
andhumangratitude,God'scommandandhumanobedience,andGod's
promisesandhumanfaith.
AsHunsingeraptlydemonstrates,theChalcedonianhermeneuticpro-
videstheintegrativemodel bywhichtorelatetoseparatedisciplinesof
theologyandpsychology.Whileavoidingsimplisticreductionism,where
termsfromonefieldarcunderstoodasmeretranslationsoftermsfromthe
otherfield(suchasforgiveness- healing),thepastoralcounseloristobe
competentlybilingual,

asonewhospeaksnotonlythelangu;lgeofdepthpsychologybutalso

thelanguageoffaith....Thepastoralcounselorusestwodistinctivelydif-

ferentfnllnesofreferenceforinterpretingthecounselee'smaterialwithout

confusingthemwitheachother.Atthesametimethepastoralcounselor

recognizestheinseparabilityoftheologicalandpsychologicalmaterialsin

thelifeeventsofthecounseleeandinpsychologicalconstmc[s,suchas

theGodrepresentation.^12

Inotherwords,thedisciplinesoftheologyandpsychologymustbekept
distinctandunconfusedinthemindofthepastoralcounselorwhilehe
treatsa complexbutunifiedhumanbeing.
Thisisparticularlyimportantbecause,atthemostbasiclevel,thetwo
disciplinesprivilegedifferentepistemologies.Asa scientificdiscipline,psy-
chologyisbasedonempiricaldata.Theology,ontheotherhand,ismost
commonlygroundedinaUlhoritativetextualtradition. Inevitablymetwo
epistemologieswillconflict,appearingonthesurfacetobemutuallyexclu-
sive.Insuchcasesitisincumbentuponthepastoralcounselortoholdthe
perspectivesofthetwodisciplinesintensionasdualinterpretivestrategies
ratherthantoseeka superficialresolutionandtoconsiderita viableinte-
gration.Thehumanbeingistoocomplexandtheindividualdisciplinesare
eachtoolimitedforhastygeneralization.Atthesametime,itisobviousthat
the[wodisciplinesareunifiedinandasmuchastheycenterontheexpo-
sitionandinterpretationofanindividual'sbeing.Inthisway,thedisciplines
remainwhollyseparatewithindividualintegriryyet,atthesametime,are
mutuallyinfluential.Interdisciplinaryintegration,then,isratherpragmatic.It
ismanifestthroughoutthepastoralcounselingprocessasbothdisciplines
aresettothetask, andtheiruniqueperspectivesareadjudicatedbythe
counselorandpatientalikeastotheirsuitabilityforcogentexplication.

12 Ibid. 213.