Psychology of religion
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==== Carl Jung ==== |
==== Carl Jung ==== |
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{{main|Jungian interpretation of religion}} |
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The Swiss psychoanalyst [[Carl Jung]] (1875–1961) adopted a very different posture, one that was more sympathetic to religion and more concerned with a positive appreciation of [[religious symbolism]]. Jung considered the question of the metaphysical existence of God to be unanswerable by |
The Swiss psychoanalyst [[Carl Jung]] (1875–1961) adopted a very different posture, one that was more sympathetic to religion and more concerned with a positive appreciation of [[religious symbolism]]. Jung considered the question of the metaphysical existence of God to be unanswerable by psychologists and adopted a kind of [[agnosticism]].Jung, 'On the Nature of the Psyche,' C.W.8, Aphorisms 362, 420. |
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Jung postulated, in addition to the personal [[Unconscious mind|unconscious]] (roughly adopting Freud's concept), the [[collective unconscious]], which is the repository of human experience and which contains "[[Jungian archetypes|archetypes]]" (i.e. basic images that are universal in that they recur regardless of culture). |
Jung postulated, in addition to the personal [[Unconscious mind|unconscious]] (roughly adopting Freud's concept), the [[collective unconscious]], which is the repository of human experience and which contains "[[Jungian archetypes|archetypes]]" (i.e., basic images that are universal in that they recur regardless of culture). He viewed the irruption of these images from the unconscious into the realm of consciousness as the basis of [[religious experience]] and often of artistic creativity. Some of Jung's writings have been devoted to elucidating some of the archetypal [[symbol]]s, and include his work in [[comparative mythology]]. |
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==== Alfred Adler ==== |
==== Alfred Adler ==== |
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