Psicología y vocación religiosa en España

Abstract

Religious vocation and psychology in Spain. In the decade of the sixties of the last century, the Spanish Catholic Church established a process of connection with scientific psychology, coinciding with the times of renewal set in motion by the II Vatican Council. In this context, concern for determining the possibilities provided by psychology to the Church in its task of selecting candidates for priesthood and religious life increased. The interesting and well articulated proposals carried out by Julián Ibáñez and Sabino Ayestarán are analyzed and discussed in this paper.