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John A. Sanford (Author)
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February 25, 1987

By showing how Jesus' teachings relate to our inner depths, this book guides us toward a more conscious and creative life. The Kingdom Within explores the significance of Jesus' teachings for our interior life -- that inner reality that Jesus called "the kingdom of God." It is Sanford's conviction that contemporary Christianity has overlooked this inner dimension of Jesus' teachings and so has lost touch with the human soul.

Illustrated with case histories and dream material drawn from the author's work as a psychotherapist, The Kingdom Within examines such characteristics as extroversion and introversion, masculinity and femininity, thinking and feeling, and sensation and intuition to show how Jesus met the criteria of wholeness or fullness of personhood. Step by step, Sanford helps us to shed the outer mask, to eschew sin, which "means living in enslavement to what we don't know about ourselves," and to follow the road of consciousness, which leads to "a great treasure waiting only to be discovered."


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Presents a Jungian understanding of Christ's teaching in this revised edition of a spiritual classic.

About the Author

John A. Sanford, a Jungian analyst and Episcopal priest, is the author of The Kingdom Within, Invisible Partners, Healing and Wholeness, Dreams and Healing, Evil: The Shadow of Reality, What Men Are Like, and The Strange Trial of Mr Hyde. He lives I in San Diego, California.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: HarperOne; Rev. edition (February 25, 1987)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060670541
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060670542
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,350 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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39 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gave Jesus's teachings in a mystical inner meaning, April 10, 2000
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This book reconnected me with the bible and the teachings of Jesus. Too often throughout history the bible has been given a literal interpretation and this largely moralistic view and concern with outward behaviour does not sit well with many people today. A lot of younger people are attracted to Buddism, Hinduism and "new age" religions because of the focus on the spririt within and the individual personal journey. Traditional christian churches could attract many of these people back if they had a more mystical approach such as the one taken by this excellent book. Jesus speaks to me through these pages and I re-read it many times.
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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A book worth re-reading, August 31, 2001
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I have read Sanford's book at least three times over the past ten years. In the cycles of spiritual dryness that come to all of us, the book is like a Spring shower. It becomes a gentle reminder of the reality of the Kingdom and of where we need to direct our search. Sanford's book presents Jesus' wholeness as a state of being that can be ours too. I go to this book frequently not for intellectual stimulation, although it has plenty of that, but with a thirsty heart. I'm not sure that Sanford set out to write a "inspirational" book. But I'm sure he would not object if for some of us, it has become just that.
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Put religion into a perspective that makes sense!, October 17, 1998
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Not a believer of the literal interpretation of the bible, I had a hard time putting religion into my life. This book gave me a new way of looking at Jesus' contribution to this world that made sense. It gave me something to aspire to in a concrete sense.
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When I was a boy, we spent a month each summer in an old farmhouse in New Hampshire. Read the first page
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inner opponent, inner adversary, outer mask, inner enemy, inner way, outer front
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Son of Man, New Testament, Jesus of Nazareth, Fritz Kunkel, Old Testament, Fathers of the Church, King Nebuchadnezzar, Lord's Prayer, Saint Augustine, Saint Paul, Church Fathers, Gospel According, John the Baptist, Lynn Cowan
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