Publisher Description

Demonstrates the importance of confronting our unconscious selves and allowing our images of God -- both positive and negative -- to surface. Such inner exploration reveals not only relevant insights about ourselves, but also pulls us beyond our private pictures of God toward a truer view of the living God. The book shows us how to explore our unconscious selves and how this spiritual exercise can change the whole of our lives: how we respond to God, how we relate to others, and how we view ourselves.

Author Biography

Ulanov is Professor of Psychiatry and Religion at Unon Theological Seminary, New York City. The late BARRY ULANOV was McIntosh Professor of Literature, Emeritus, at Barnard College, Columbia University, and Editor for the Journal of Religion and Health.

Table of Contents

Author's Preface; The Christian Fear of the Psyche; The Two Communities:; Ministry to the Mentally Ill; The Two Strangers; Needs, Wishes, and Transcendence; Ageing: On the Way to One's End; Dreams and the Paradoxes of the Spirit; What Do We Think People Are Doing; When They Pray?; Religious Experience in Pastoral Counselling; The Disguises of the Good; The Psychological Reality of the Demonic; Heaven and Hell; Picturing God; Notes.

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