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Story for Every Fall: Adam and Eve as a Narrative of Healing and Return

İhlalden Onarıma Hatadan Şifaya: Âdem ile Havva Kıssasının Manevi Bakımda Bibliyoterapötik Bir Kaynak Olarak İncelenmesi

Merve Altınlı Macıć(DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF THEOLOGY)0000-0002-7876-2908
Süeda Akgün(IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY)0000-0002-6814-4858
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2026-10-03
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The study concludes that the Adam and Eve narrative can serve as a bibliotherapeutic resource in spiritual care.

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This article examines the narrative of Adam and Eve from the perspectives of psychology of religion and spiritual counseling and care, drawing on the therapeutic functions of sacred texts. Grounded in the long-standing healing power of narratives, bibliotherapy is discussed within the context of sacred texts, with particular attention to spiritual bibliotherapy’s capacity to access individuals’ moral, emotional, and existential processes. Within this framework, the study relates the Adam and Eve narrative to the concept of moral injury, which has gained increasing prominence in contemporary psychological literature, and explores the potential of sacred narratives in processes of spiritual repair. The research adopts a qualitative approach, employing purposive literature review and conceptual analysis. Classical and modern interpretations of the Adam and Eve narrative in the Torah and the Qur’an, together with literature on psychology of religion and moral injury, were analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis framework. Four core themes were identified: will and responsibility; transgression and rebellion; shame and alienation; and hope and redemption. The findings demonstrate that the narrative makes visible the moral and spiritual ruptures following value violations and offers a meaningful foundation of hope for spiritual healing through confrontation and repentance. The study concludes that the Adam and Eve narrative can serve as a bibliotherapeutic resource in spiritual care.

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Bu makale, kutsal metinlerin terapötik işlevlerinden hareketle Âdem ile Havva kıssasını din psikolojisi ile manevi danışmanlık ve rehberlik perspektiflerinden incelemektedir. Anlatıların kadim iyileştirici gücüne dayanan bibliyoterapi yaklaşımı, kutsal metinler bağlamında ele alınmakta; özellikle manevi bibliyoterapinin bireyin ahlaki, duygusal ve varoluşsal süreçlerine erişme kapasitesi üzerinde durulmaktadır. Bu çerçevede çalışma, çağdaş psikoloji literatüründe giderek önem kazanan ahlaki yaralanma kavramı ile Âdem ile Havva kıssasını ilişkilendirerek, kutsal anlatıların manevi onarım süreçlerindeki potansiyelini tartışmayı amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma, nitel bir yaklaşım benimseyerek amaçlı literatür taraması ve kavramsal analiz yöntemlerini kullanmaktadır. Tevrat ve Kur’an’daki Âdem ile Havva kıssasına ilişkin klasik ve modern yorumlar ile din psikolojisi ve ahlaki yaralanma literatürü, Braun ve Clarke’ın tematik analiz çerçevesi doğrultusunda incelenmiştir. Analiz sonucunda dört temel tema belirlenmiştir: irade ve sorumluluk; ihlal ve isyan; utanç ve yabancılaşma; umut ve kurtuluş. Bulgular, kıssanın değer ihlallerinin ardından ortaya çıkan ahlaki ve manevi kırılmaları görünür kıldığını ve yüzleşme ile tövbe temaları aracılığıyla manevi iyileşme için anlamlı bir umut zemini sunduğunu göstermektedir. Çalışma, Âdem ile Havva kıssasının manevi bakımda bibliyoterapötik bir kaynak olarak kullanılabileceği sonucuna ulaşmaktadır.

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Macıć, M. A., Akgün, S. (2026). Story for Every Fall: Adam and Eve as a Narrative of Healing and Return. Spiritual Psychology and Counseling, Volume: 11 Issue: 3. https://doi.org/10.37898/spiritualpc.1864841

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