Ann Belford Ulanov
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Ann Belford Ulanov is the Christiane Brooks Johnson Memorial Professor of Psychiatry and Religion at Union Theological Seminary
in New York City, and a Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice.
in 1959 and received the M.Div. and Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary
, in 1962 and 1967, respectively. She is an Episcopalian, and her teaching and research are in psychiatry and religion, with a special interest in issues of prayer
and the spiritual life, aggression
, anxiety
, fantasy
and dream
, identity
, and the feminine
. She also manages the lecture series in memory of her late husband Barry Ulanov
. In 1996 she won the Oskar Pfister Award
for religion and psychology.
With her husband, Barry Ulanov
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of theology, located in Manhattan between Claremont Avenue and Broadway, 120th to 122nd Streets. The seminary was founded in 1836 under the Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated with nearby Columbia...
in New York City, and a Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice.
Biography
She graduated with a B.A. from Radcliffe CollegeRadcliffe College
Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was the coordinate college for Harvard University. It was also one of the Seven Sisters colleges. Radcliffe College conferred joint Harvard-Radcliffe diplomas beginning in 1963 and a formal merger agreement with...
in 1959 and received the M.Div. and Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of theology, located in Manhattan between Claremont Avenue and Broadway, 120th to 122nd Streets. The seminary was founded in 1836 under the Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated with nearby Columbia...
, in 1962 and 1967, respectively. She is an Episcopalian, and her teaching and research are in psychiatry and religion, with a special interest in issues of prayer
Prayer
Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a deity through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When language is used, prayer may take the form of...
and the spiritual life, aggression
Aggression
In psychology, as well as other social and behavioral sciences, aggression refers to behavior between members of the same species that is intended to cause humiliation, pain, or harm. Ferguson and Beaver defined aggressive behavior as "Behavior which is intended to increase the social dominance of...
, anxiety
Anxiety
Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by somatic, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral components. The root meaning of the word anxiety is 'to vex or trouble'; in either presence or absence of psychological stress, anxiety can create feelings of fear, worry, uneasiness,...
, fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
and dream
Dream
Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The content and purpose of dreams are not definitively understood, though they have been a topic of scientific speculation, philosophical intrigue and religious...
, identity
Identity (social science)
Identity is a term used to describe a person's conception and expression of their individuality or group affiliations . The term is used more specifically in psychology and sociology, and is given a great deal of attention in social psychology...
, and the feminine
Feminine
Feminine, or femininity, normally refers to qualities positively associated with women.Feminine may also refer to:*Feminine , a grammatical gender*Feminine cadence, a final chord falling in a metrically weak position...
. She also manages the lecture series in memory of her late husband Barry Ulanov
Barry Ulanov
Barry Ulanov was an American writer.Ulanov's father was Nathan Ulanov, concertmaster in Arturo Toscanini's NBC Philharmonic. His father taught him violin, but after a car crash in which he broke both wrists, he ceased studying the instrument. He studied at Columbia University, taking his BA there...
. In 1996 she won the Oskar Pfister Award
Oskar Pfister Award
The Oskar Pfister Award was established by the American Psychiatric Association , with the Association of Mental Health Clergy , in 1983 to honor those who have made significant contributions to the field of religion and psychiatry...
for religion and psychology.
Works
- The Feminine in Christian Theology and in Jungian Psychology
- Receiving Woman: Studies in the Psychology and Theology of the Feminine
- Picturing God; The Wisdom of the Psyche; The Female Ancestors of Christ
- The Wizards’ Gate
- The Functioning Transcendent
- Korean edition of our Religion and the Unconscious(1996)
- Korean edition of Primary Speech (2001)
- Korean edition of Cinderella and Her Sisters(2002)
- Religion and the Spiritual in Carl Jung
- Finding Space: Winnicott, God, and Psychic Reality
- Attacked by Poison Ivy, A Psychological Study
- Italian edition of Cinderella and Her Sisters (2003)
- Spiritual Aspects of Clinical Work (2004)
- Czech edition of The Female Ancestors of Christ
- The Unshuttered Heart: Opening to Aliveness/Deadness in the Self
With her husband, Barry Ulanov
- Religion and the Unconscious
- Primary Speech: A Psychology of Prayer
- Cinderella and Her Sisters: The Envied and the Envying
- The Witch and The Clown: Two Archetypes of Human Sexuality
- The Healing Imagination
- Transforming Sexuality: The Archetypal World of Anima and Animus'