Jung and the monotheisms : Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- London/New York Routledge c1994
- xiii, 274p.; facsim.; bibliog. refs.; index
Ed. by Joel Ryce-Menuhin.
Part 1 - Orientation to Jung and religion. 1 Jung and religion: its place in analytical psychology - Vera von der Heydt. 2 The holy: a meeting-point between analytical psychology and religion - Leon Schlamm. 3 The dream of wholeness - Murray Stein. Part 2 Judaism. 4 The dark face of God in Judaism - Siegmund Hurwitz. 5 Jerusalem and Zurich: an individual synthesis - Gustav Dreifuss. 6 The Kabbala, Jung and the feminine image - Freema Gottlieb. 7 Jacob and 'Hear, o Israel' - Levi Meier. Part 3 - Christianity. 8 Jung and prayer - Ann Belford Ulanov. 9 Jung's Answer to Job in the light of the monotheisms - Joel Ryce-Menuhin. 10 In the shadow of the monotheisms: Jung"s conversations with Buber and White - John P Dourley. Part 4 - Islam. 11 The Islamic concept of human perfection - William C. Chittick. 12 Khidr in the opus of Jung: the teaching of surrender - Nicholas Battye. 13 The mysterium coniunctionis and the "yo-yo" syndrome: from polarity to oneness in Sufi psychology - Sara Sviri. 14 The migration factor: comparing the experiences of the Muslim and Jewish communities of South Asia - Sarah Ansari. Part 4 - The Song of Songs. 15 Jung's father, Paul Achilles Jung, and the Song of Songs: an introduction - Joel Ryce-Menuhin. 16 Eros and mysticism: early Christian interpretation of the Song of Songs - Andrew Louth. 17 The Song of Songs - Gustav Dreifuss
',,,provides an exploration of some of the essential aspects of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Leading Jungian analysts, theologians and scholars...bring to bear psychological, religious and historical perspectives in an attempt to uncover the nature and psychology of the three monotheisms.'