Spring: American Soul [Paperback]

James Hillman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1998

The relationship between America and Christianity has never been so hotly contested as it is today. September 11, 2001, and the war on terrorism have had an almost schismatic impact on the Church. American Christians have been forced to ask the really hard questions about faith and politics. While some Christians would rather not ask these questions at all, they are unavoidable for a religion that seeks to speak to the whole world, with the expectation of nothing less than global transformation. Like it or not, Christians have to take a stand on the issue of America’s alleged imperialism, not only because America is largely a product of the Christian imagination but also because the converse is true — the growth of Christianity worldwide is largely shaped by American values and ideals. American Providence makes the case that American Christianity is not an oxymoron. It also argues for a robust doctrine of providence — a doctrine that has been frequently neglected by American theologians due to their reluctance to claim any special religious status for the United States. Webb goes right to the heart of this reluctance by defending the idea that American foreign policy should be seen as a vehicle of God’s design for history.>

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About the Author

The pioneering imaginative psychology of James Hillman that soon will span five decades has entered cultural history, affecting lives and minds in a wide range of fields. For the creativity of his thinking, the originator of Archetypal Psychology and author of A Terrible Love of War; The Soul’s Code; and The Force of Character has received many honors, including the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic. He has held distinguished lectureships at Yale, Princeton, Chicago, and Syracuse Universities, and his books have been translated into some twenty languages. The American public showed its appreciation of his approach to psychology by placing his book, The Soul’s Code, at the top of the bestseller list of serious works of nonfiction.  Of his many books, Spring

Publications has published Anima, Loose Ends, Archetypal Psychology:

A Brief Account, Pan and the Nightmare, Suicide and the Soul,

Insearch, Oedipus Variations (with Karl Kerényi), The Thought of the

Heart and the Soul of the World, Inter Views, and Lectures on Jung’s

Typology (with Marie-Louise von Franz). He lives in Connecticut.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 147 pages
• Publisher: Spring Publications (May 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882670116
• ISBN-13: 978-1882670116
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,438,311 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Below Our Culture of Surface & Triva, June 19, 2004

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This review is from: Spring: American Soul (Paperback)

Just a superb critical colllection, gently written, yet with all the barbs necessary to lift the watertight skin of society to reveal the dreadful cultural-mythic wounds of Soul within. The article on American education alone is worth the price of admission, though I may have some bias there.