In four insightful chapters the human encounter, the unconscious as experience, the inner morality of the shadow, and the inner feminine or anima james hillman gives a comprehensive account of jungian psychology. Sigmund freud 18561939 austrian psychologist who believed that religion is a universal neurosis as a result of sexual trauma dating back to childhood in the unconscious mind. The psychology of religion emerged as a distinct subdiscipline in the usa in the latter part of the twentieth century and really only began to gather momentum in britain in the 1990s. Psychology of religion and spirituality apa publishing apa. It resolves two issues which in jungs own writing and in the secondary sources had remained unclear. List of books and articles about psychology of religion. The father of experimental psychology, wilhelm wundt was a pioneer in this field. I found this book comprehensive and readable in regards to jungs theories on synchronicityreligion and learned more about jungs general concepts of psychology such as the unconscious and individuation through this book than many other books i have read on jung or even books by jung himself. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide.
Sixteen studies in religious phenomena, including psychology and religion and answer to job. Jung proposed four main functions of consciousness. A library password is required to access fulltext content. Aspects of the subject matter of psychology intext questions 1. Research in the psychology of religion is best understood within particular schools, which define both the area and the relevant methodological criteria for evaluation. Religion stems from the archetypes which are situated in the collective unconscious mind. Durkheim 1912 2012 undertook a study of religious experience in aborigines, and found that such experiences were central to these communities. This is the most stimulating writing on carl jung i have read for some time. Jung presents a sane and practical psychology, and is fair and sympathetic in his attitude toward religion.
Sep 07, 2018 the psychology of religion emerged as a discipline in the nineteenth century, just as various other approaches to religion as an object of study were similarly gaining traction. Jung was clear that his analytical psychology was not a new religion, neither was he a guru. The first essay is entitled psychology and religion and is a very useful, readable, and somewhat generalized overview on jung s opinions on religion, and its usefulness in preventing neurosis. The history of the discipline is divided into three main periods of research. He radically changed not just the study of psychology setting up the jungian school of thought but the very way in which insanity is treated and perceived in our society. In particular, the symbols of religion, particularly the christian symbols, were a major preoccupation throughout the life and work of jung, and is integral to his depth psychology where he was attempting to show the psychic roots of religion and the psychological relevance of christianity, with his epistemology diverse enough to. Unlike much of jungs writing, theses lectures are very accessible and show the relationship between psychology and religion. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read psychology and religion. His work has been influential in psychiatry and in the study of religion, literature, and related fields.
Religion and the cure of souls in jung s psychology. The son of a pastor, he was also deeply interested in their religious life and development. The challenge for the psychology of religion is essentially threefold. The jungian interpretation of religion, pioneered by carl jung and advanced by his followers, is an attempt to interpret religion in the light of jungian psychology. The word psychology has its origin in two greek words and. Pdf psychology of c g jung download full pdf book download. Aided in part by positive psychology topics such as hope, forgiveness, gratitude, humility, resilience, and compassion, the field of the psychology of religion and spirituality has in recent years achieved a more balanced and nuanced approach to the role religionspirituality can play in peoples overall wellbeing and functioning. Positive psychology has an extremely close relationship with the psychology of religion and spirituality, for both are concerned with personal growth and meaning. The scholarly presentation of the book by aziz, who spent many years preparing the work i found outstanding.
The book talks about the interdependency of religion on the human psyche, written from an analytical perspective of religion as something more than an entity that is manmade. Carl gustav jung, 26 july 1875 6 june 1961, was a swiss psychologist and psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology. See all 16 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Using a wealth of material from ancient and medieval gnostic, alchemistic, and occultistic literature, he discusses the religious symbolism of unconscious processes and the possible continuity of religious forms that. In 1925, while transcribing and painting in his red book, c. Starbucks 1899 scribners publication, psychology of religion, wherein the term psychology of religion was used for the first time, we will proceed with our commentary on each book and its relevance to the development of the field of study called the psychology of religion. Jungs principle interest was in the psychology of western men and women. Find a library or download libby an app by overdrive. It resolves two issues which in jung s own writing and in the secondary sources had remained unclear. The psychology of religion free pdf, epub, fb2, txt. This material was published in revised and augmented form as section 1 of jungs psychology and religion. Content pages of the encyclopedia of religion and social science. Snowden page images at hathitrust outlines of the psychology of religion, new york, crowell, c1929, by horatio w. While other theorists such as marx, durkheim, and weber were interested in religion as a social phenomenon, the primary focus of the psychological approach to.
Introduction the state of theory in the psychology of religion and spirituality prs is a study in contrasts. An overview of key concepts from psychology and religion by c. It was established in 2009 and is published by the american psychological association. As if to demonstrate this, argyle himself had an interest in both areas, publishing his book the psychology of happiness in 1986, long before the term positive psychology was. Based on the terry lectures delivered at yale terry lectures of 1937. Using a wealth of material from ancient and medieval gnostic, alchemistic, and occultistic literature, he discusses the religious symbolism of unconscious processes and the possible continuity of. There is probably no modern psychologist whose writings are of more significance and value to the minister than the writings of carl jung. Religion is a difficult concept to define ferre, 20. Jung psychology and religion book overview youtube. Charet uncovers some of the reasons why jung s psychology finds itself living between science and religion. These are the terry lectures from yale university in 1937, given in english.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. The psychology of religion, and its application in preaching and teaching, new york, chicago, fleming h. Carl gustav jung psychology and religionbook fi org. This selection of his writings enables us to understand his interpretation of western religion as. Using a wealth of material from ancient and medieval gnostic, alchemistic, and occultistic literature, he discusses the religious symbolism of unconscious processes and. It is concise without being simplistic, and the first such broad overview to be published for some years. Using a wealth of material from ancient and medieval gnostic, alchemistic, and occultistic literature, he discusses the religious symbolism of unconscious processes and the possible continuity of religious forms that have appeared and reappeared through the centuries. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
This essay is a synopsis of carl jungs book psychology and religion. Buy psychology and religion the terry lectures reprint by jung isbn. In this selection of writings, mostly from volume 11 of the collected works, jung focuses on the strengths and limitations of western religion. Collected works c g jung psychology religion west east. Analytical psychology presents a unique opportunity to witness a school of psychotherapy going through a renaissance. Jung invented the association word test and contributed the word complex to psychology, and first described the introvert and extrovert types. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Educated in medicine at the university of basel, jung graduated in 1900 and married in 1903.
Psychology, religion, and spirituality by fraser watts. Psychology and religion is one of the few enduring descriptions of jungian therapy in its relation to religion. East and west cw 11, in accordance with the swiss edition zurich. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jul 15, 2009 scholarly and comprehensive yet accessible, this stateofthescience work is widely regarded as the definitive graduatelevel psychology of religion text. Washington state university is a clinical psychologist and associate professor of. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. It is very clear and readable, and reflects michael argyles considerable reputation and experience.
Nowhere else than in this study of the interplay of east and west is the point so forcefully made that mans cultural past somehow molds his feelings and thinking as well as his highly contrasting attitudes toward reality. Psychology and the east collects together many of jungs most memorable writings on the subject, including his psychological commentaries on the i ching and the tibetan book of the dead, his thoughts on buddhism and islam and a full. The authors synthesize classic and contemporary empirical research on numerous different religious groups. The psychology of carl jung 18751961 is the system of psychology most receptive to the beneficial influence of religion in a persons life. Feminine part of the psyche found in men, shaped by relationships with female relatives.
As a child, i truly believed that there was some blue alienlike god named vishnu looking after humanity, and when the time comes, another angry god, named shiva, would destroy everything, and then the god of creation with four heads, named brahma would create the world all over again. Ebook central ebsco apa citation apa style citation for the proquest ebook central edition. Psychology and religion by carl gustav jung books on. The past century has seen the relationship between psychology and religion progress from wary antagonists to strange bedfellows to complementary worldviews. In psychology and religion, carl jung takes a medical psychology standpoint to discover the links between the human unconscious mind and the ways in which religious. Apr 27, 2020 all journal articles featured in international journal for the psychology of religion vol 30 issue 2. Fraser watts, university of cambridge should psychology try to explain religion or try to understand it. Each author is or was on the faculty or received hisher doctoral training in the department. Psychology of religion a commentary on the classic texts. In addition, psychology, religion, and spirituality makes an inviting text for seminary courses in spiritual and pastoral counseling. In his 1912 book, new paths in psychology, jung wrote that the only way to overthrow the neuroses inducing judeochristian religion and its sexfixated ethics was to. Psychology, religion, and spirituality provides readers with a critical overview of what psychology tells us about religion and spirituality. Jung eventually rejected freuds system of psychoanalysis for his.
Jung focuses on the religious experience itself, and how important it. Psychology an introduction to psychology notes psychology secondary course 3 fig. The autonomy of the unconscious mind dogma and natural symbols the history and psychology of a natural symbol. Psychology of religion a commentary on the classic. Jung theorized that the dominant function characterizes consciousness, while its opposite is repressed and. Saroglou encyclopedia of life support systems eolss many definitions of religion are possible and they may always be criticized as somehow influenced by philosophical, theological, and, in general, ideological conceptions of religion, as well as cultural and historical incarnations of religion.
Next comes the esaay a psychological approach to the dogma of the trinity. This selection of jungs writings brings together a number of articles that are necessary for the understanding of his interpretation of the religious life and development of western man. Maslow 1964 described the phenomenon of peak experiences. Psychologyis designed to meet the scope and sequence for the singlesemester introduction to psychology course. Jung, who has been the author of some of the most provocative hypotheses in modern psychology, describes what he regards as an authentic religious function in the unconscious mind. Psychology, religion, and spirituality springerlink. Davids contribution to dialogue between psychology and religion reflects his perspective as a participant in mainstream psychological science and as a person of faith. He demonstrates that jung s early life was influenced by the experiences, beliefs, and ideas that characterized spiritualism and that arose out of the entangled relationship that existed between science and religion in the late nineteenth. Psychology, religion, 1937, philosophy, carl gustav jung, mind, terry lectures. The international journal for the psychology of religion. Jung, this book helps focus and shape the current state of analytical psychology and point to areas for future exploration.
Psychology and religion ebook written by carl gustav jung. It makes men fear, worship and want to control women. The break came with the publication of jungs psychology of the unconscious 1912, which did not follow freuds theories of the libido and the unconscious. Jung presented a series of seminars in english in which he spoke for the first time in public about his early spiritualistic experiences, his encounter with freud, the genesis of his psychology, and the selfexperimentation he called his confrontation with the unconscious, describing in detail a number of pivotal dreams and. Jung was one of the great figures of the 20th century. Download pdf jungian psychology in perspective free. It is the study, through empirical and academic means, of the spiritual e. Unlike sigmund freud and his followers, jungians tend to treat religious beliefs and behaviors in a positive light, while offering psychological referents to traditional religious. Carl gustav jung, author of some of the most provocative hypotheses in modern psychology, describes what he regards as an authentic religious function in the unconscious mind. Psychology and religion psychology and religion is an authoritative survey of what we know about the psychology of religion. What organized religion has always tried to do, with varying success, has been to provide satisfying forms for those deep human needs which now find such dangerous or banal expression, and to express the living process of the unconscious in the form of the drama of repentance, sacrifice and redemption. The authors of the ebook have something special in common, and that is their connection to the department of psychology at indiana universitypurdue university indianapolis iupui. Pdf carl gustav jung psychology and religionbook fi.
In psychology and religion, jung tackles a growing problem for the modern man. Using a wealth of material from ancient and medieval gnostic, alchemistic, and occultistic literature, he. All journal articles featured in international journal for the psychology of religion vol 30 issue 2. Religious psychology argues for the latter while psychology of religion assumes that processes in religion are not different from in other areas of investigation. The collected works of c g jung volume 11 by jung, c g and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The main unit of investigation is psychology is the individual.
Thinking and feeling the functions are modified by two main attitude types. His wife, emma rauschenbach, came from one of the wealthiest families in switzerland. For many students, this may be their only collegelevel psychology course. Psychology and western religion princeton university press. This psychological study of religion is pecularly interesting in the light of current social and political movements throughout the world. Jung proposed and developed the concepts of the extraverted and the introverted personality, archetypes, and the collective unconscious. As such, this textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of psychology and understand how those concepts apply to their lives. His interest in the human psyche, past and present, led him to study mythology, alchemy, oriental religions and philosophies, and traditional peoples.