The Life of Jashil Choi from the Perspective of M. Scott Peck

This paper has centered on the question “how” a “good” girl has become an internationally “renowned leader” by investigating it from the perspective of a psychiatrist M. Scott Peck, M.D., whereas the previous study of Jashil Choi was primarily focused on “what is it.” From this research, I have observed that the accomplishment of Rev. Choi’s greatness is resulted from the four types of discipline with which she had to go through in her lifetime, enduring the pains induced by many occasions of renunciation and choice, and of freedom and responsibility. As the Korean church has an inclination to regard a person as a dichotomy of spirit and body, so it has been dealing with the area of mind from a very ambiguous point of view. Assuming that the mental area is either separated from or inseparably related to the realm of spirituality, it has not been research culture in which this area of “mind” is investigated at an independent level. Although the spirituality of the Korean church is excellent, the cause of the problems is not irrelevant to such a theological view on humans, which have continuously arisen in the character, personality, or sociality of pastors as well as of church members. Therefore, when both the research about Jashil Choi in the mental realm and the research of theological study of Korean churches in conjunction with this area of “mind” are actively executed, it is highly likely that they would contribute a great influence on church members in their personal and social effects.