Menyenangkan Tuhan sebagai Motivasi Transendental: Sebuah Pendekatan Teologi dan Psikologi
Dunamis: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristiani October 31, 2025 Ruth Natalia Susanti, Daniel Pesah Purwonugroho
Pleasing God as a transcendental motivation integrates Christian theology, transpersonal psychology, and biopsychology. Theologically, it involves spiritual direction, the heart as the center of moral discernment, and surrender as a response to grace. In transpersonal psychology, it aligns with self-transcendence and meaning-centered motivation. Biopsychologically, the prefrontal cortex supports moral decision-making, the dopaminergic system enhances spiritual joy, and the limbic system stores spiritual memory. Spirituality is not only an inner experience but also a biological process, showing that pleasing God involves a holistic formation of the person—spiritually, psychologically, and biologically.