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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The "psychological" and the "spiritual" : an evolutional relationship -- Jung and the post-Jungians on religion : breakthroughs and limitations -- Maximus and Jung on the foundations of the psyche -- The directions and the stages of psychic development -- The psychic functions and spiritual experience -- The ultimate goal : a question of wholeness or holiness? -- "Answer to job" : a dark side or an eschatological light? -- Conclusion: a transdisciplinary paradigm of psychic development |
| Summary |
In what ways does psychological development differ from spiritual development and psychological experience from spiritual experience?Bringing together two disparate theories under a trans-disciplinary framework, G.C. Tympas presents a comparison of Carl Jung's theory of psychic development and Maximus the Confessor's model of spiritual progress. An 'evolutional' relationship between the 'psychological' and the 'spiritual' is proposed for a dynamic interpretation of spiritual experience. Carl Jung and Maximus the Confessor on Psychic Development offers a creative synthes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.
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Maximus, Confessor, Saint, approximately 580-662.
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| SUBJECT |
Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961 fast |
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Maximus, Confessor, Saint, approximately 580-662 fast |
| Subject |
Psychology and religion.
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Psychology and religion
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317800187 |
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1317800184 |
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1306539420 |
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9781306539425 |
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