John Dourley

Jung and his Mystics

In the end it all comes to nothing

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the mythic nature of Jung's psychology and thought, the influence of mysticism and key religious thinkers in formulating his work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9780415703888
• ISBN-10: 0415703883
• Artikelnr.: 39595054

Autorenporträt

John P. Dourley is Professor Emeritus, Department of Religion, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada (1970-2001). He is a practising Jungian analyst, a graduate of the Zurich programme, 1980. He has written widely on Jung and religion. His previous works include Paul Tillich, Carl Jung and the Recovery of Religion (Routledge, 2008) and On Behalf of the Mystical Fool: Jung on the Religious Situation (Routledge, 2010). He is also a Catholic priest and a member of the religious order the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.The Mystics and Psychic Self-Containment.The Unspeakable Ecstasy
Mechthild and Other Divine Mistresses. I pray to God to Rid me of God; Jung
Eckhart
and the Nothing. Jung on Boehme
the Co-Redemption of the Divine and Human. Hegel and Jung
a Requiem for a Lonely God.The Answer to Job
the Divinity of the Human as the Humanity of the Divine. Conclusion: So What?

Rezensionen

"Jung and His Mystics is a bold and original effort to draw out the implications of a Jungian understanding of the psyche, God, and religion for theology and contemporary society... it will be of great interest to those who are interested in the psychological foundations of spiritualty and theology." - Sanford L. Drob, PsycCRITIQUES