Here we introduces the Imago Method, a new educational philosophy aiming to replace existing models like Montessori, Waldorf, and Dewey, a book by Atlas University and published by Klesia Press. It argues that these earlier approaches, while innovative for their time, were insufficient due to their secular anthropologies, failing to recognize the child as "imago Dei" (the image of God) and thus missing the true purpose of education: worship and the glorification of God. The Imago Method emphasizes the household as the primary academy where parents act as elders, integrating "Word, Wisdom, Work, Witness, and Worship" into daily rhythms of life through activities like psalm singing, Bible storytelling, household chores, and even early disputation, aiming to form children as covenant heirs and stewards. This approach contrasts with traditional schooling's focus on independence or imagination, instead promoting an integrated, worship-centered education that prepares children for a life of service and wisdom within a covenantal framework, envisioning a re-founding of civilization through this biblically-rooted pedagogy.

This book, "Covenant Psychology: Becoming The Divine Personality," presents a Christian theological framework for understanding and developing personality, contrasting it sharply with modern psychological approaches. The authors argue that traditional psychology, from ancient Greek philosophy to contemporary "Big Five" models, offers only fragmented or superficial understandings of the self, failing to address the soul's true nature or provide genuine healing. Instead, Covenant Psychology proposes that true personality is "divine personality," a state of wholeness achieved through conformity to Christ, by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, rather than through self-actualization or the management of traits. The book explores Christ's personality as the archetype—characterized by humility, courage, gentleness, wisdom, patience, joy, peace, faithfulness, and love—and examines New Testament figures as case studies of this transformative process. It emphasizes that healing involves the "crucifixion of the false personality" and the "resurrection personality," a corporate reality rooted in God's covenant and ultimately realized in the Church.

 Covenant Psychology's Christ-Conformity Therapy (CCT), is an approach to healing the human soul that radically departs from secular psychological models. CCT posits that the fundamental issue for humanity is not mental illness, but a "fractured self" resulting from a "covenantal rupture" with God during the Fall. This therapeutic model emphasizes that healing requires "crucifixion" of this "false self"—a composite of sin, trauma, generational patterns, and cultural influences—and its replacement with a "true self" forged through "union with Christ." CCT employs various "soulcraft" tools such as "pattern recognition," "confessional self-dialogue," "generational mapping," "strategic silence," "warfare prayers," and "scriptural rewriting and visualization" to identify and dismantle these ingrained, unbiblical patterns, ultimately aiming for "holy transformation" and "resurrection life" rather than mere symptom management.

We check out the full copy of Covenantal Psychology, a therapeutic approach that reinterprets human psychology through a biblical anthropology lens. It posits that the human psyche is inherently covenantal, meaning individuals are always bound—either to God or to idols. The source contrasts this view with traditional psychological theories like Freudian psychoanalysis, Jungian archetypes, CBT, and neuroscience, arguing that these "Babylonian" methods only address symptoms while the "Zion" approach targets the root cause: covenantal misalignment and idolatry. The healing process in Covenantal Psychology involves crucifixion of the "Adamic self" and resurrection in Christ, emphasizing conversion as a covenant transfer, re-integrating fragmented faculties of the soul (heart, mind, will, imagination, memory, body, spirit), and participating in embodied practices and communal liturgies to restore an individual's identity within God's genealogical story. The text further details archetypal stages of spiritual development and various covenantal therapies aimed at achieving wholeness, liberation, and faithful service to God.

How does Covenant Psychology compare with modern psychological approaches? We deep dive and find out

This comprehensive text introduces "Covenantal Psychology," a therapeutic framework that reinterprets common psychological disorders as symptoms of covenantal breakdown and offers a unique approach to healing rooted in biblical principles and archetypes. The framework outlines twelve modalities—including confession, lament, renunciation, and communion therapy—each designed to address specific spiritual and psychological dysfunctions by reorienting the individual's allegiance to God. Unlike secular approaches that focus on symptom management or self-actualization, Covenantal Psychology emphasizes restoring a person into covenant with God and community, ultimately leading to holistic integration and purpose. The text also highlights the ethical responsibility of the therapist to act as a midwife to mystery rather than an engineer, acknowledging the limits of therapy and the sovereignty of God in the healing process.

We continue to deep dive into Covenantal Psychology, a therapeutic approach that diverges significantly from secular models by grounding its practices and understanding of the human psyche in biblical theology. This modality views individuals not as a collection of symptoms, but as pilgrims within a sacred narrative, interpreting their struggles through biblical archetypes and genealogies, such as Adam hiding or Jacob wrestling. The therapy utilizes "covenantal sacraments" like confession, lament, renunciation, and communion, designed to foster a "re-naming" or "re-visioning" of the self in alignment with God's will, rather than simply managing behavior. The therapist acts as a guide, a witness, and a midwife to the Spirit's work, emphasizing that breakthroughs are gifts from God, not engineered by human technique, and always pointing the client towards communion with Christ as the ultimate goal of healing and integration. The ethical framework of this therapy stresses humility, respect for mystery, and clear boundaries, ensuring the therapeutic space remains holy ground focused on God's healing power, not the therapist's control.

We deep dive into Biblical Archetypes and what they mean for us from the book 'Covenantal Psychology' from Absurd Health

We explore the therapeutic modality at the heart of this new book by Absurd Health and Klesia Press

We continue our deep dive into this incredible new book, here looking at the Psychology of Crucifixion