Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 76 No. 4, 2006.
Review article
Transpersonal Religiousness. Joseph Murphy and extended Sub-conscience
Nikola Dogan
; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Djakovo, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Djakovo, Croatia
Abstract
In the entire rush of new religious groups, teachings and experiences, this article wishes to investigate the religious theory of Joseph Murphy whose book is being sold in Croatia and whose religious language attracts a great number of readers. The article is divided into three sections.
In the first part, entitled Psychologising religion, a context of analysis, the author shows how psychology deals in particular with religion and how today it influences the understanding of religion by expanding »spreading« man's subconscious and the realisation of new psychological content hidden in man. In the second section entitled Religious expansion of the subconscious, the author investigates the work of American philosopher Joseph Murphy. Starting from Murphy's esotery in his own peculiar way he interprets the content of Christian belief that can be brought down to the disclosing and expanding the subconscious as an act of universal energy which, for him, is God himself. This belief responds precisely to that which can be called transpersonal religiousness. In the third section, entitled Joseph Murphy and transpersonal religiousness, the author presents his judgement about this topic. Joseph Murphy speaks about transpersonal and esotheoretic perceptions of Christianity, God, Jesus Christ and man. That speech can be interesting and attractive nevertheless it isn't common in Biblical and Christian speech.
Keywords
New Age; intuitive religiousness; expanded subconscience; transpersonal psychology; God as Self; endless intelligence; enlightened man
Hrčak ID:
23747
URI
Publication date:
4.4.2007.
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