"Unconditional Positive Regard" is one of the 3 "core conditions" for effective therapeutic work identified by Carl Rogers, the originator of what has come to be known as the Person-centered approach to psychotherapy.He was brought up on a farm and went to college to study agriculture, but later he switched to theology, then he got into psychology, specifically what they used to call in those days "child guidance".
He did at one point plan to become a Christian minister, but in his mature practice as a psychotherapist I believe there is no more trace of Christianity in his philosophy than is inevitable in a Christian-based culture.
The other 2 core conditions are Empathy and Congruence, the latter meaning that your expressions to your client are to be congruent with your deep being at that moment. In other words you don't bull-shit.
I would point out that Christianity has a tendency to appropriate to itself all goodness and compassion that exists in the world, though these attributes occur spontaneously in persons of any religion or none!
On the question of superiority: who's top will always be depending on your criteria for judgement. Dominant classes and cultures set their own criteria for beauty, intelligence, usefulness and so on. The winners have riches heaped upon them. Others do not quite meet these criteria but claw their way to the top by foul means. In "God's eyes", to quote a Christian concept, all men are equal. But you can apply this without bringing any god into the equation.
