Overview
Personality, Religion, and Leadership studies Jungian psychological type theory and the dynamic power of Jungian archetypes to help religious leaders understand and deal with their personal spiritual journey in times of stress and success, and enables them to build religious community from the diversity personality types in their care. This book argues that psychologically mature individuals draw on the full range of the eight function-orientations described by psychological type theory as: introverted sensing, extraverted sensing, introverted intuition, extraverted intuition, introverted feeling, extraverted feeling, introverted thinking, and extraverted thinking. The role played by these function-orientations varies within each of 16 psychological types: within different psychological types each function-orinetation emerges from the unconscious into the conscious mind at different points in the life-cycle. The balance between the function-orientations gives individuals their distinctive psychological strengths, and alerts them to their psychological weaknesses.
Full Product Details
Author: Christopher F. J. Ross ,
Leslie J. Francis
Publisher: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.581kg
ISBN: 9781793605825
ISBN 10: 1793605823
Pages: 270
Publication Date: 28 October 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
This is a fascinating and probing explanation of psychological type theory. Francis and Ross have gone back to the Jungian origins of what is commonly referred to as the Myers-Briggs personality test, restoring depth and nuance--and, as well, reintegrating a spiritual perspective--to explore how psychological types can be understood and used fruitfully to support leaders in their work. This volume will be a valuable resource for a wide range of religious leaders, counselors, and organizational consultants.--Pamela Cooper-White, Union Theological Seminary When a community that has come together in the spirit of love is composed of people who are genuinely curious about each other's differences, it is a psychological miracle--one that Leslie J. Francis and Christopher F. J. Ross have been able to foster. That some of my ideas have contributed to their insights and guidelines gives me heart to recommend this book to members of other faiths as well: it belongs on the shelf of anyone who believes in what human consciousness can achieve when it accepts that its way to understanding is not the only one.--John Beebe, author of Energies and Patterns in Psychological Type
Author Information
Christopher F. J. Ross is emeritus associate professor of psychology and religion at Wilfrid Laurier University and adjunct faculty at Martin Luther University. Leslie J. Francis is professor of religions and education at the University of Warwick and canon theologian at Liverpool Cathedral.
