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Illness That We Are: Jungian Critique of Christianity (pre-Loved)
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In loving memory of our dear friend Arik
Author: John P. Dourley
pre-Loved (Second hand): worn
Dr. Dourley, analyst and Catholic priest, explores Jung’s assessment of Christianity, questioning its essentially masculine orientation, particularly the emphasis on perfection, rather than wholeness, as the goal of maturation. 128 pages.
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| Weight | 0.204 kg |
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| Dimensions | 22.23 × 15.24 × 1.27 cm |
Arthur George –
This is an excellent work that explains both how Jung thought that Christianity (mainly early Christianity) and its myth is aligned with the human psyche but how later organized Christianity departed from that and became sterile, ceasing to answer to people’s psychological and spiritual needs. According to Jung’s depth psychology, Christianity and the psyche are rooted in the same source, so that the religion and depth psychology should be allies. Depth psychology need not be a threat to or opponent to Christianity; the latter just needs to be revitalized so as to again proceed from the continuous human experience of soul rather than from ecclesiastical pronouncements about one-time revelations from afar.
Jennifer Jones –
The insights of this book regarding the exteriority of Christianity (and its need to turn inward to find God) were spot on. Knocked it down a star for readability: I had to read every sentence twice in order to grasp its meaning. But it was worth it because the meaning was so valuable.