Carl Jung and Christian Spirituality

by Robert L. Moore (editor)

A collection of the best articles dealing with this topic during the last 20 years.
Appreciations
Introduction
The cross as an archetypal symbol/ M. Esther Harding
Jungian psychology & religious experience/ Eugene C. Bianchi
The self as other/ Ann B. Ulanov
Jungian psychology and Christian spirituality/ Robert M. Doran
The problem of evil in Christianity & analytical psychology/ John A. Sanford
Rediscovering the priesthood through the unconscious/ Morton Kelsey
The archetypes: a new way to holiness?/ Patrick Vandermeersch
Persona & shadow: a Jungian view of human duality/ Thayer A. Greene
Jung & Scripture/ Diarmuid McGann
Jungian typology & Christian spirituality/ Robert A. Repicky
Psychologically living symbolism & liturgy/ Ernest Skublics
Jungian types & forms of prayer/ Thomas E. Clarke
Notes on the Contributors

Genres: Psychology, Philosophy

266 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1988

About the author

Robert L. Moore (August 13, 1942 - June 18, 2016) was an American Jungian analyst and consultant in private practice in Chicago, Illinois. He was the Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Spirituality at the Chicago Theological Seminary; a training analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago; and director of research for the Institute for the Science of Psychoanalysis. Author and editor of numerous books in psychology and spirituality, he lectured internationally on his formulation of a Neo-Jungian paradigm for psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. He was working on Structural Psychoanalysis and Integrative Psychotherapy: A Neo-Jungian Paradigm at the time of his death.

Dr Robert Moore was an internationally recognized psychotherapist and consultant in private practice in Chicago. Although he worked with both men and women, and was considered one of the leading therapists specializing in psychotherapy with men because of his discovery of the Archetypal Dynamics of the Masculine Self (King, Warrior, Magician, Lover). He served as Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Spirituality at the Graduate Center of the Chicago Theological Seminary, and has served as a Training Analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. He is Co-founder of the Chicago Center for Integrative Psychotherapy.

Reviews

[comf · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly really boring. I’ve reread the first two chapters a million times but I just really wanted to actually read this and wanted my worldview rocked and changed or something but nah. Learned some new words/stuff about Jung and Christianity ofc but eh. Clift just doesn’t relay info in a fun way. And omg he quoted Netanyahu bruh. Yeah, nahhhh.

[Debra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some essays are poorly written with few pearls to be gleaned while others have depth that requires multiple reads. Overall, a good book on a difficult topic.

[David Hirt · Rating 4 out of 5]

For those who like Jung, this book helps synthesize it with Christianity.

[Brian Ervin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not an easy read and I disagree with some of what Moore contributed to Jung.