Announcing the publication of my latest book, Prophecy and Promise: Jung, Saint Paul, and the Christian Heritage of A Course in Miracles.
From the description:
A Course in Miracles has become one of the most influential spiritual texts of the past fifty years, yet few readers recognise how much it challenges two thousand years of Christian thought.
Prophecy and Promise traces the Course’s Christian heritage — the symbols and themes from ancient times that are given new meaning in its teachings. It begins with the emergence of Judaism and shows how Saint Paul transformed a small Jewish sect into a worldwide faith centred on sin and personal redemption — a framework that still shapes how we think about ourselves today. It turns next to Carl Jung, whose psychological reading of Christian symbols revealed them as expressions of the soul’s own drive toward wholeness. And it arrives, finally, at A Course in Miracles, which addresses the spiritual tradition that has been foundational to the development of the West, offering a new interpretation of key events from Jesus’ life and teachings, and a curriculum for healing our identification with sin, guilt, and shame — the unworthiness trio at the heart of inner conflict.
Drawing on biblical scholarship, Jungian psychology, and the Course’s own teachings, this book offers a heritage tour for anyone seeking to understand the history behind the Course’s language and symbolism, and how substantially it departs from what came before.
