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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449665903321

Autore

Corbett Lionel

Titolo

The religious function of the psyche / / Lionel Corbett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-76248-8

1-282-32496-9

9786612324963

0-415-14401-9

Descrizione fisica

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

Disciplina

200.19

Soggetti

Psychology, Religious

Psychoanalysis and religion

Jungian psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.