The religious function of the psyche / Lionel Corbett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corbett, Lionel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology, Religious.

Psychoanalysis and religion.

Jungian psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 264p. ) facsims.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traditional concepts of God are no longer tenable for many people who nevertheless experience a strong sense of the sacred in their lives. The Religious Function of the Psyche offers a psychological understanding of such experience.

Traditional concepts of God are no longer tenable for many people who nevertheless experience a strong sense of the sacred in their lives. The Religious Function of the Psyche offers a psychological model for the understanding of such experience, using the language and interpretive methods of depth psychology, particularly those of C.G. Jung and psychoanalytic self psychology. The problems of evil and suffering, and the notion of human development as an incarnation of spirit are dealt with by means of a religious approach to the psyche that can be brought easily into psychotherapeutic practice and applied by the individual in everyday life. The book offers an alternative approach to spirituality as well as providing an introduction to Jung and religion. Traditional concepts of God are no longer tenable for many people who nevertheless experience a strong sense of the sacred in their lives. The Religious Function of the Psyche offers a psychological model for the understanding of such experience, using the language and interpretive methods of depth psychology, particularly those of C.G. Jung and psychoanalytic self psychology. The problems of evil and suffering, and the notion of human development as an incarnation of spirit are dealt with by means of a religious approach to the psyche that can be brought easily into psychotherapeutic practice and applied by the individual in everyday life. The book offers an alternative approach to spirituality as well as providing an introduction to Jung and religion.

Contents:

chapter INTRODUCTION

The new psychological dispensation

chapter 1 THE RELIGIOUS ATTITUDE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY

chapter 2 PERSONAL SPIRITUALITY BASED ON CONTACT WITH THE NUMINOSUM

chapter 3 THE TRANSPERSONAL SELF

A psychological approach to the divine

chapter 4 THE ARCHETYPE AS SYNTHETIC PRINCIPLE

Making psychology and spirituality synonymous

chapter 5 MYTHICAL, SYMBOLIC AND IMAGINAL ASPECTS OF THE PSYCHE'S RELIGIOUS FUNCTION

chapter 6 A PSYCHOLOGICAL VIEW OF SOME TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS IDEAS

chapter 7 A DEPTH PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM OF SUFFERING

chapter 8 SUFFERING

The search for meaning

chapter 9 SIN AND EVIL

A psychological approach

chapter 10 PSYCHOTHERAPY AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE

chapter 11 THE RATIONALE FOR A CONTEMPLATIVE PSYCHOLOGY.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-251) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-76247-X

1-134-76248-8

1-282-32496-9

9786612324963

0-415-14401-9

9780203130179

OCLC:

226376435