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Chiron Publications announces release of Reimagining God and Religion: Essays for the Psychologically Minded
With the necessary demise and death of antique cosmologies and traditional religious paradigms dependent on external deities and devils, the modern religious challenge involves two simultaneous sacred endeavors: to eulogize, bury, and grieve the theistic and monotheistic god-images and the religions dependent on them; and, secondly, to bring fresh imagination to the meanings of god and religion, which will satisfy both the modern mind and ancient soul.
Drawing on the insights of Jungian or analytical psychology, Dr. Wright offers depth psychological analysis of our contemporary religious and political dilemmas, as well as invites readers to be midwives for the emerging religious myth that many believe to be on our collective horizon -- a myth that will be more inclusive, intellectually and scientifically honest, and soul satisfying.
The invitation is made urgent by his psychological conclusion: As long as our deities and devils are perceived to be beyond physical life and beyond the life of the human psyche, we will continue to do great harm to each other and to our nest.
Combining personal testament and psychological commentary, Dr. Wright explores heretofore taboo topics and reframes many traditional theological and Christological dogmas, making them more relevant to religious and non-religious alike.
“Jerry Wright’s Reimagining God and Religion is a personally honest, courageous, and insightful re-examination of our contemporary religious dilemma,” says Jungian analyst and author James Hollis. “This book is a gift for those who care about the life of the spirit, whatever their traditions, or lack thereof, may be.”
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| Jerry R. Wright, D.Min is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Flat Rock, North Carolina, and a training analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. An experienced conference and retreat leader, he has led pilgrimages to sacred sites in Iona, Scotland, Ireland, Peru, and India. Reimagining God and Religion continues his primary interest in bringing the insights of Jungian or analytical psychology to experiences deemed religious or spiritual. This interest inspired Dr. Wright’s doctoral dissertation, Symbols for the Christ in the Gospel of John and the Archetypal Self in the Psychology of C.G. Jung, and his Jungian thesis, Archetypal Thin Places: Experiencing The Numinosum. |
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- From the Back Porch of the Church
- Beyond the Back Porch of the Church
- Monotheistic Madness
- Reimaging God and Religion
- Projection and Revelation
- Reimaging Jesus and Christ (1)
- Reimaging Jesus and Christ (2)
- Thin Places and Thin Times
- Dreams: Strangers in the Night
- The Universe as Mirror and Icon
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