Facing the Dragon: Confronting Personal and Spiritual Grandiosity - Softcover

Robert Moore; Max J. Havlick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 188860221X ISBN 13: 9781888602210

Publisher: Chiron Publications, 2003

Synopsis

Structured around a series of lectures presented at the Jung Institute of Chicago in a programme entitled Jungian Psychology and Human Spirituality: Liberation from Tribalism in Religious Life this book-length essay attacks the related problems of human evil spiritual narcissism secularism and ritual and grandiosity. Moore dares to insist that we stop ignoring these issues and provides clear-sighted guidance for where to start and what to expect. Along the way he pulls together many important threads from recent findings in theology spirituality and psychology and brings us to a point where we can conceive of embarking on a corrective course. Robert L. Moore Ph.D. is a professor of psychoanalysis culture and spirituality at Chicago Theological Seminary and a Jungian analyst.

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Review:

""If you would understand the deepest roots of terrorism, greed, and religious fanaticism, read Facing the Dragon. "But be forewarned: you may find some offshoots in your own garden."

Synopsis:

Structured around a series of lectures presented at the Jung Institute of Chicago in a programme entitled 'Jungian Psychology and Human spirituality: Liberation from Tribalism in Religious Life', this book-length essay attacks the related problems of human evil, spiritual narcissism, secularism and ritual, and grandiosity. Providing clear-sighted guidance, Moore dares to insist that we stop ignoring these issues.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chiron Publications
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 188860221X
• ISBN 13: 9781888602210
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250
• Editor: Max J. Havlick