Wallace Clift
The Reverend Dr. Wallace Clift | |
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Born | Robert Lee, Texas | March 27, 1926
Died | February 5, 2018 Olympia, Washington | (aged 91)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Academic |
Spouse | University of Texas, Harvard University, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, University of Chicago Divinity School |
Thesis | Psychological and Biblical-Theological Perspectives on Hope from the Viewpoints of C. G. Jung and John Knox |
Influences | Carl Jung, Jolande Jacobi |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Religious studies |
Sub-discipline | Jungian psychology |
Institutions | University of Denver, Iliff School of Theology |
Notable works | Jung and Christianity (1982) |
Wallace Bruce Clift, Jr. (March 27, 1926 – February 5, 2018)
Early career and education
Clift earned a
In 1964, Clift received a Farish Foundation grant to study the psychology of
Academic career
Clift taught psychology of religion at the University of Denver from 1969 to 1992, and in 1981 helped start its joint Ph.D. program in religious and theological studies with the Iliff School of Theology.[3][11] Clift co-founded the C. G. Jung Society of Colorado in 1976, and served as its first president.[12] After his retirement from the University of Denver in 1992, Clift was appointed Canon Theologian of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado and invited to head the Anglican Studies program at St. Thomas Theological Seminary.[13] When St. Thomas closed in 1995, Clift and the Episcopal diocesan bishop negotiated the Anglican Studies program's move to the Methodist Iliff School of Theology, where Clift continued to head the program for another seven years.[13]
Professional recognition
In 2000, Bette Lanning endowed the Wallace B. and Jean Dalby Clift Scholarship Fund at Iliff to provide funds for students enrolled in its Anglican Studies Program.
Publications
Books
- Clift, Wallace (1982). Jung and Christianity: The Challenge of Reconciliation. Crossroad Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-85924-243-1.
- Clift, Jean Dalby; Clift, Wallace (1984). Symbols of Transformation in Dreams. Crossroad Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-8245-0727-5.
- Clift, Jean Dalby; Clift, Wallace (1988). The Hero Journey in Dreams. Crossroad Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8245-0889-0.
- Clift, Wallace (1990). Journey Into Love: Road Signs Along The Way. Crossroad Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-8245-1032-9.
- Clift, Jean Dalby; Clift, Wallace (1996). The Archetype of Pilgrimage: Outer Action With Inner Meaning. ISBN 978-1-59244-543-1.
- Clift, Wallace (2012). How to Make Love and Other Godly Thoughts. ISBN 978-1479329427.
Articles
- Clift, Wallace (1966). "A Taize Retreat". St. Andrew's Bulletin. Zurich, Switzerland.
- Clift, Wallace (1974). "The New Hasidism". Network (March).
- Clift, Wallace (1975). "Tillich and Jung: A New Mythology of Salvation?". Iliff Review (Winter).
- Clift, Wallace (1976). "Myth, Symbol and the Church in the Writings of John Knox". Iliff Review (Spring).
- Clift, Wallace (1976). "Symbols of Wholeness in Tillich and Jung". International Journal of Symbology (July).
- Clift, Wallace (1984). "Jung's Notion of Religion". The New Catholic World. 227 (1358).
- Clift, Wallace (1986). "Journal Keeping for Personal Growth". Circuit Rider (February).
Encyclopedia entries
- Clift, Wallace (1987). "Child"; "Rejuvenation"; "Vierkandt, Alfred"; and "Wundt, Wilhelm" in Encyclopedia of Religion. (Eliade, Mircea, ed.) New York: Macmillan.
- Clift, Jean Dalby; Clift, Wallace (2012). "Symbols of Transformation in Dreams" in Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. 2nd ed. (Leeming, D., ed.) Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
References
- ^ "Wallace Clift Obituary - Tumwater, WA". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ "Coke County Texas 1926 Birth Records". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Episcopal Clerical Directory. Church Publishing. 2009. p. 180.
- ^ Castrone, Linda (December 24, 1991). "Hallowed Ground: From Graceland to Mother Cabrini Shrine, Modern Pilgrims Journey Far and Wide". Rocky Mountain News. Denver, CO.
- ^ Legg, Charlotte (October 15, 1990). "Pilgrim's Progress: One Professor's Journey to Enlightenment". University of Denver Today. Denver, CO.
- ^ a b c d e "2003 Alumni/ae Convocation" (PDF). Crossings. Church Divinity School of the Pacific: 13–14. Winter 2003. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ^ "Wallace Clift Obituary (1926 - 2018) - Olympia, WA - The Olympian". Legacy.com.
- ^ "Address of Senator John F. Kennedy". Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ISBN 0-8245-1032-1.
- OCLC 43671150.
- ^ Iliff and DU Joint Ph.D. Program."The Joint Ph.D Program". Retrieved 2010-10-14.
- ^ "History". C. G. Jung Society of Colorado. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
- ^ a b Clift, Wallace (June–July 1998). "Anglican studies program celebrates ten years". Colorado Episcopalian. 60: 11. Episcopal Clerical Directory. Church Publishing. 2007. p. 174.
- ^ Robbins, Gregory (January–February 2006). "DU's Anglican Studies to Celebrate 10th Anniversary" (PDF). Colorado Episcopalian. 68: 5.
- Episcopal Diocese of Colorado. Retrieved 2010-09-15.