Is Jung's View of God a 'Non-Realist' one?
Date Submitted: 12/04/2002 12:15:36
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 7 pages (2022 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 7 pages (2022 words)
In Jung's Analysis Psychology the relationship between psychology and theology is explored in a considerable more positive light then Freud's previous reductionist work. This essay will outline Jung's main ideas, demonstrate that at first glance these resemble a 'non-realist' theology, highlight the limitations of this view showing that there is a distinction between the claims of psychological reality of Jung's model and the conditions required for a theological reality, and finally compare this with the …
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…the BBC, when asked if he believed in God, Jung answered after a sizeable pause:
<Tab/>I do not believe. I know.
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Cupitt Taking Leave of God, (SCM) 1974.
Heisig Imago Dei (Associated Press) 1979.
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Jung The Collected Works Volume 11 (Routledge) 1977.
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Platania Jung for Beginners (R & W) 1997.
The Concise Routledge Encyclodepia of Religion (Routledge) 2000.
White God and the Unconscious (Harvill) 1953.
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