Una perspectiva psicológica al Reino de Dios desde José María Castillo A psychological perspective towards God’s Kingdom from José María Castillo

Abstract

T he Kingdom of God, the one proclaimed by Jesus, has been the main subject of significant cogitations and exegetical studies, which are trying to explain what kind of Kingdom He was talking about. Is that Kingdom in heaven, at the end of life on earth? or is it a way of being here and now, making a connection with myself, with God and with my neighbor? According to that, José María Castillo –using some social and theological ideas, influences psychology because of the proximity of it to the human soul, its suffering and its existence in a senseless world. T hat is why this article attempts to answer the following questions: Which is the responsibility of a theologian and a Christian to the preaching of the Kingdom? How can the Carl Gustav Jung’s inner way –posited by depth psychology– shed light on this issue in a reality as ours? Following these ideas, we are able to conclude saying that, according to Leonardo Boff, “the Kingdom of God is not a territory, but a new order of things [which we are all responsible for]”.