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Imago Dei
A STUDY OF C. G. JUNG'S
PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION
Lewisburg: Bucknell University
Press, 1979, 1983.¥4,000, cloth |
Hailed
by critics as a groundbreaking study in Jungian scholarship when it first
appeared in 1979, Imago Dei contains a comprehensive account of
what Jung had to say about the God-image from his early years to his lat
writings. Dr. Heisig painstakingly traces the development of Jungian ideas
and challenges the popular view that Jung's thought took shape after his
break with Freud. Dr. Heisig shows the gradual evolution of Jung's ideas
and demonstrates the strength and inconsistencies inherent in Jung's methodology,
and also explains Jung's full psychological method.
Cf. Shim, S. Y.(1981), C.G. Jung's concept of imago
Dei with special reference to the commentaries of J. Heisig. Master's
Thesis, Korea Methodist Theological Seminary
| "Imago Dei
. . . is still the most comprehensive and intelligent study of
the subject. Based on a familiarity with the entire range of the
Jungian corpus, including unpublished lectures as well as the
secondary literature, this book should be presupposed by any study
that hopes to make an advance." |
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- David R. Griffin
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| "Imago Dei
"This remarkably clear, concise yet detailed study traces
the development of Jung's theory of the archetypal foundation
of religious experience. . . . With acumen and laudable objectivity,
[Dr. Heisig] analyzes Jung's methodology—his philosophical
assumptions, method of gathering data, theoretical explanations.
. . . .This judicious study surpasses all previous ones; extremely
valuable for specialists in the psychology and philosophy of religion." |
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- Library Journal
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. . . belongs in every library of Jungian thought and religious
studies." |
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| James
W. HEISIG is a permanent research fellow of the Nanzan
Institute for Religion and Culture. |
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