No. 3
Fall 1999
On The Self, Freud and Buddhism:
PCR SESSIONS AT THE AAR/SBL ANNUAL MEETING
NOVEMBER 19-23, 1999 - BOSTON, MA
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PCR SESSIONS AT THE AAR/SBL
ANNUAL MEETING
NOVEMBER 19-23, 1999 - BOSTON, MA
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Pre-Session I |
Pre-Session II |
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Selves and Boundaries I |
Works in Progress |
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Main Session I |
Main Session II |
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Psychology and Buddhism |
Evaluations of Freud's Interpretation of Dreams on the Centennial of Its Original Publication |
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2:00 PM- 6:30 PM S-BEACON F
THEME: SELVES AND BOUNDARIES I
A. Gregory Schneider, Pacific Union College, Presiding
Joseph E. Bush, Knox College, New Zealand
Interdependent Self and Religious Experience in Polynesian Contexts
Barbara Davy, Concordia University, Canada
Sovereignty and Belonging: Narratives of Self with Others
BOOK DISCUSSION
Carroll Watkins Ali's
Survival and Liberation: Pastoral Theology in African-American Context
Lucy Bregman, Temple University, Presiding
PANELISTS:
Celia Brickman, Divinity School, U. of Chicago
Lee H. Butler, Jr., Chicago Theological Seminary
Kathleen Greider , Graduate School of Theology at Claremont
RESPONDENT:
Carroll Watkins Ali, University of Denver
WORKSHOP
Trevor Watt, Canisius College
Spiritual Genograms
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 9:00 AM- 11:30 AM S-BEACON F
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Kelley A. Raab, St. Lawrence University, Presiding
THEME: SELVES AND BOUNDARIES II
Lucy Bregman, Temple University, Presiding
G. William Barnard, Southern Methodist University
Earth Angels, Mother Seas, and Cosmic Selves; a Variety of Jamesian Suggestions
James I. Higginbotham, Vanderbilt University
Crossing the Boundaries: Borderline Personality Disorder and the Circumscnption of Gender and Madness
BUSINESS MEETING
Lucy Bregman, Temple University, Presiding
MAIN SESSIONS
A29 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1:00 PM- 3:30 PM S-BEACON A
THEME: PSYCHOLOGY AND BUDDHISM
Franz Metcalf, California State University, L.A., Presiding
John Haule, C.G. Jung Institute, Boston
Psychoanalysis and Social Virtuosity: Jung and Chan Buddhism
David Need, University of Virginia
On the Limits of the Self: A Consideration of Buddhist and Psychological Notions of Wholeness and Health
Lynken Ghose, McGill University
Emotional Healing in Buddhism
Michael C. Mitchell, Boston University
Buddhist Practice Through the Lens of Psychology: an Example
A89 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 9:00 AM- 11:30 AM H-ROOM 108
THEME: EVALUATIONS OF FREUD'S INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS ON THE CENTENNIAL OF ITS ORIGINAL PUBLICATION
Kelly Bulkeley, Santa Clara University, Presiding
Pamela Cooper-White, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia
"Higher Powers and Infernal Regions": Models of Mind in Freud's Interpretation of Dreams and Contemporary
Psychoanalysis, and Their Implications for Pastoral Care
James DiCenso, University of Toronto
The Dream Navel: Networks of Meaning and the Undermining of Foundations
Diane Jonte-Pace, Santa Clara University
Turning Aside at the Navel of the Dream: The End(s) of Interpretation
RESPONDENTS:
J. Allan Hobson, Harvard Medical School
Peter Homans, Divinity School, University of Chicago
FRIDAY'S BOOK DISCUSSION
Survival and Liberation: Pastoral Theology in African American Context
By Carol Watkins Ali
Weaving together elements of womanist and liberation theology and black sociology and psychology, Watkins Ali offers
a conceptual framework for an African American pastoral theology that is contextual and community-focused. Watkins
Ali is Training Coordinator for Victim Services 2000 and a minister in private practice as a pastoral psychologist
in Denver, Colorado.
NEWS FROM PCR MEMBERS
Kelley Raab (St. Lawrence University) announces that she and Mary Ellen Ross (Trinity University)
are interested in starting an AAR reading group on gender, religion, and psychoanalysis. Please contact one of
them if you are interested in participating: Kelly Raab, Dept. of Religious Studies, St. Lawrence University, Canton,
NY, 13617; Mary Ellen Ross, Trinity University, San Antonio TX 78212, mross@trinity.edu
Merle Jordan has just written a new book published by Westminster John Knox Press: Reclaiming Your Story:
Family History and Spiritual Growth. He has also edited a new book with Oliver Morgan, titled Addiction
and Spirituality: A Multidisciplinary Approach, from Chalice Press.
Hendrika Vande Kemp (Fuller Theological Seminary) suggests that PCR members take a look at the new Baker
Encyclopedia of Psychology and Counseling (edited by David Benner and Peter C. Hill and published by Baker
Book House) which appeared in March 1999 and includes 19 articles written by Hendrika. Also of interest is the
new volume Measures of Religiosity, edited by Peter C. Hill and Ralph W. Hood, Jr., and published by Religious
Education Press (1999). Hendrika recently published two book chapters in the volume edited by Don Moss, Humanistic
and Transpersonal Psychology: Historical and Biographical Sourcebook (Greenwood, 1999): "Humanistic Psychology
and Feminist Psychology," co-authored with Tamara Anderson, and "Diana Baumrind: Researcher and Critical
Humanist." She is also the author of a chapter on "Gordon Allport's Pre-1950 Writings on Religion: The
Archival Record," in Jacob Belzen (Ed.), Aspects and Contexts: Studies in the History of Psychology of
Religion, which will be published by Rodopi in late 1999.
Wayne Rollins (Assumption College) passes along the news that his book Soul and Psyche: the Bible in
Psychological Perspective, has been published by Fortress in September of 1999. Many members of PCR have been
involved in the development of this book through the SBL Section on Psychology and Biblical Studies Wayne inaugurated
in 1991. The book is the culmination of seven years of work in attempting to define an important emerging field
in Biblical Studies. The book will be reviewed at one of the Psychology and Biblical Studies sessions at the annual
meeting (see article below.) Wayne also notes the publication of Kamila Blessing's It
was a Miracle: Stories of Ordinary People and Extraordinary Healing (Fortress 1999). Kamila, another Psychology
and Biblical Studies section member, combines biblical scholarship and psychological expertise throughout the book
as a demonstration of many of the themes discussed in the section.
Franz Metcalf (Cal State Los Angeles) has a new book out, titled What Would Buddha Do? The publisher's
blurb reads as follows: "Much as the 'What Would Jesus Do?' books help some people live better lives by drawing
on the wisdom of Jesus, Franz has written a 'What Would Buddha Do?' book that provides advice on improving one's
life by following the wisdom of another great teacher- Buddha. Part self-help, part spirituality, What Would
Buddha Do? presents solutions to daily dilemmas in a concise and intentionally simple format. It asks tough
questions about tough situations, and provides answers that teach the reader about life as well as Buddhism. The
book is thus highly psychological and Franz hopes it's popular in the best sense of the term."
John Van Eenwyk (University of Washington) recently published a book with Inner City Press titled, Archetypes
and Strange Attractors. The book concerns what Jungian psychology and chaos theory can learn from each other.
Kelly Bulkeley (Santa Clara University) has recently published a book with SUNY Press, titled Visions
of the Night: Dreams, Religion, and Psychology. The book is a wide-ranging exploration of the spiritual and
scientific dimensions of dreaming, from the Epic of Gilgamesh to Freud, from the Mahabharata to the sleep lab,
from Jacob's Ladder to "A Nightmare on Elm Street." Two of the book's chapters originated in AAR presentations-
a 1994 PCR session on community, and a 1996 RSS session on film.
FROM THE PCR CHAIR
THE PCR PROCESS
One of the special attractions of the Person, Culture and Religion Group has been its ability to foster discussion
within the setting of scholarly presentations. We have consciously tried to avoid the traditional format of "reading
papers" at an audience. One part of the process is distribution of papers well in advance of the meeting,
not just to fellow presenters or panelists but to all dues paying members. When the session begins, the author/presenter
may review what was written, but knows that at least some of the audience are already familiar with the paper on
which the presentation is based.
This arrangement has proved worthwhile, but to accomplish it requires that:
- Papers must be completed well in advance of the meeting
- Papers must be copied and distributed, well in advance of the meeting
- Someone must pay the costs for copying and mailing
Temple University's Religion Department generously agreed to pick up the costs-$.05 per page paid to the University's
copy services-for the time I serve as PCR chair. However, the volume of copying imposes a burden on whoever does
this, and without institutional support it would be impossible for it to be done centrally (unless your cousin
owns a copy shop). Even with institutional support, it is expensive; we already ask authors to single-space papers
and I have tried informally to set page limits.
Why not have authors copy and mail out their own papers, with a set of labels supplied by PCR? Some presenters
have agreed to do this, but those outside the US or those without institutional support may find it impossible.
Moreover, when authors procrastinate the whole process fails.
Papers mailed out a week before the meeting do not arrive in time. As a general policy, we could inform all those
who are invited to give PCR papers that they will be expected to have papers ready for distribution by October,
that they must either keep the paper succinct or pay for their own copying and mailing. If we make this a condition
of participation, we can allow for exceptions on an emergency basis.
Raising dues is not a solution. We need dues for paying the AAR to print the PCR pre-sessions in the annual program,
for the newsletter, and for hotel fees for pre-session coffee breaks.
In a few years, everyone will be able to e-mail everything to each other. Then we won't have this problem. In
the meantime, I am open to suggestions for making this process more workable.
Lucy Bregman, PCR Chair
PCR ONLINE
As electronic communications become more and more a part of our everyday
lives, we are working with appropriate ways to use available technology
to augment the work of the Person, Culture and Religion group.
PCR-LIST
For some time, we have made use of PCR-LIST, an electronic maillist hosted
through the AAR. Currently we have over a hundred subscribers around the
world. Although this is a significant number, the volume of messages is
low and not likely to burden your mailbox. The list is moderated by steering
committee member D. Andrew Kille, in order to ensure that postings are
relevant to the concerns and interests of PCR.
PCR-LIST@egroups.com
PCR-LIST is intended to serve PCR members and other interested persons as a forum for discussion of issues related
to our shared concern with the relationships between religion, psychology, and contemporary cultures. The list
is intended to offer opportunity for announcements and information regarding conferences, calls for papers, etc.;
resources and publications of interest; ongoing discussion of work in progress; and personal support and communication
among PCR members.
PCR-LIST has moved! It is now hosted at E-groups.com
To subscribe to the list, send a message to:
pcr-list-subscribe@egroups.com
You will receive a confirmation of your subscription, and a list of basic commands for the list. Questions? Contact D.Andrew Kille, List Manager, at revdak@worldnet.att.net
E-MAIL PCR NEWS
It is also possible to receive PCR News via e-mail, if you prefer. Simply
let us know and we will gladly e-mail a text version of the newsletter
to you.
WEBSITE
We have a new website for the group at:
Right now, it contains basic information about the group and its work, as well as online version of some previous
issues of PCR NEWS. We are just in the development stages, but hope to make it as useful as possible.
If you have questions or suggestions for any of these resources, contact Andrew Kille at revdak@worldnet.att.net
WAYNE ROLLINS' SOUL AND PSYCHE AT PSYCHOLOGY AND BIBLICAL STUDIES
SECTION OF SBL
Fortress Press has just published Soul and Psyche: The Bible in Psychological Perspective, Wayne Rollins' new book tracing the history, dimensions and potentials of psychological biblical criticism. That volume will be the subject of a session of the Psychology and Biblical Studies Section of the SBL on Saturday afternoon, November 20, 3:45- 6:15 p.m. in Hynes Room 203. Among the respondents will be PCR members Schuyler Brown, Donald Capps, Andrew Kille and J. Harold Ellens.