Jung on Christianity

288 Pages·1999·2.43 MB·English

by  C. G. Jung

JUNG
ON CHRISTIANITY
ENCOUNTERING
JUNG
JUNG ON ALCHEMY
JUNG ON EVIL
JUNG ON ACTIVE IMAGINATION
JUNG ON MYTHOLOGY
JUNG ON SYNCHRONICITY
AND THE PARANORMAL
JUNG ON CHRISTIANITY
ENCOUNTERING
JUNG
ON CHRISTIANITY
SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY MURRAY STEIN
Introduction and Selection copyright 1999 by Princeton University Press
Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street,
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This book is composed of texts selected from the following volumes of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung:
The Zofingia Lectures, Supplementary Volume A © 1983 by Princeton University Press; The Symbolic Life,
Volume 18, © 1958 by Bollingen Foundation, © renewed 1986 by Princeton University Press; Aion,
nd
Volume 9ii, © 1959 by Bollingen Foundation, 2 ed. © 1969 by Princeton University Press, © renewed
1987 by Princeton University Press; Psychology and Religion: West and East, Volume 11, © 1958 by
nd
Bollingen Foundation, 2 ed. © 1969 by Princeton University Press, © renewed 1986 by Princeton
University Press; Psychology and Alchemy, Volume 12, © 1953 by Bollingen Foundation, © renewed 1981
by Princeton University Press; Alchemical Studies, Volume 13, © 1967 by Bollingen Foundation; and
Dream Analysis, © 1984 by Princeton University Press. Other excerpts are taken from The Collected Letters
of C. G. Jung, Volumes 2, © 1953, 1955, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 by Princeton
University Press; Memories, Dreams, Reflections, © 1961, 1962, 1963, and renewed 1989, 1990, 1991 by
Random House, Inc. (reprinted here by arrangement with Pantheon Books, a division of Random House,
Inc.).
Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875–1961.
On Christianity / selected and introduced by Murray Stein.
p. cm.—(Encountering Jung)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-691-00697-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Christianity—Psychology. I. Stein, Murray, 1943–
II. Title. III. Series: Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875–1961.
Selections. English. 1995.
BR110.J84 1999
230—dc21 99–28902
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Part I. Jung’s Relationship to Christianity
1. A Father’s Unfinished Work
2. “Thoughts on the Interpretation of Christianity”
3. The Experience of “Religious Realities”
4. “Why I am not a Catholic”
Part II. Jung’s Psychological Approach to Christian Doctrine, Ritual, and
Symbol
1. “Christ, A Symbol of the Self”
2. “Christ as Archetype”
3. “Father, Son, and Spirit”
4. The Holy Ghost
5. “The Mass and the Individuation Process”
6. “Symbolism of the Cross”
7. Mythic Features in Christian Doctrine
Part III. Jung’s Interpretation of Christian History and Its Future
1. From “Introduction to the Religious and Psychological Problems of
Alchemy”
2. “The Sign of the Fishes”
3. From “Answer to Job”
4. The Missing Element in Christian Doctrine
Index
JUNG
ON CHRISTIANITY