John A. Sanford Collection of Books

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Descriptive Summary

Title: John A. Sanford Collection of Books
Date: 1911-1988
Physical Description: 10 linear feet
Repository:
Opus Archives and Research Center
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
Language of Material: English

Biography/Organization History

John A. Sanford (1929-2005), also known by the nickname Jack, was a parish priest for 19 years before starting his private practice as a psychoanalyst. He focused his work on the intersections between inner growth as offered in depth psychology and Christianity. He studied with Fritz Kunkel and completed his training in Jungian analysis at the C.G. Jung Institute in Los Angeles. Books he authored include The Invisible Partners, Healing and Wholeness , Fritz Kunkel, The Strange Trial of Mr. Hyde, and Mystical Christianity: A Psychological Commentary on the Gospel of St. John . See the Opus Archives and Research Center website for John Sanford's bibliography  .

Scope and Content Note

The Sanford collection includes his own works as well as volumes from A Select Library of The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of The Christian Church , The Ante-Nicene Fathers Translations of The Writings of The Fathers Down To A.D. 325 , books by Fritz Kunkel, and other religious and Jungian publications.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Theology
Self-help techniques
Catholic Church
Psychology
Identity (Psychology)

 

Fathers of the English Dominican Province (Trans.). (1948). The Summa Theologica Of St. Thomas Aquinas: First Complete American Edition in Three Volumes (Vols. 2-3). New York, NY: Benziger Brothers.

 

Volume II: IIa-Iiae QQ. 1-189; IIIa QQ. 1-90

 

Volume III: Supplement QQ. 1-99; Appendices; Articles; Indexes

 

Harnack, A. History Of Dogma. Complete in Seven Volume, Bound as Four (Vols. 1-7). (N. Buchanan, Trans.). 1961

Note

1961 unabridged republication of the English translation of the third German edition (circa 1900)
 

Volume I

 

Volume II and III

 

Volume IV and V

 

Volume VI and VII

 

Hastings, J. (Ed.). (1911). Dictionary of the Bible. New York, NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons.

 

Extra Volume with Indexes

 

Volume I: A-Feasts

 

Volume II: Feign-Kinsman

 

Volume III: Kir-Plieades

 

Volume IV: Pleroma-Zuzim

 

Jung, E., & von Franz, M.L. (1960). Die Graalslegende . Zurich: Rascher & Cie, AG.

Language of Material: Material is in German
 

Kunkel, Fritz

 

Kunkel, F. (1931). God Helps Those…: Psychology and the Development of Character . New York, NY: Ives Washburn, Inc.

 

Kunkel, F. (1936). Conquer Yourself. New York, NY: Ives Washburn Inc.

 

Kunkel, F. (1938). Character Growth Education. (B. Keppel-Compton & B. Druitt, Trans.) New York, NY: J.B. Lippincott Company.

 

Kunkel, F. (1944). What It Means To Grow Up. New York, NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons. (Original work published 1936)

 

Kunkel, F. (1946). Let’s Be Normal: The Psychologist Comes to his Senses (7th ed.). (E. Jensen, Trans.). New York, NY: Ives Washburn, Inc. (Original work published 1929)

 

Kunkel, F. (1952). Creation Continues: A Psychological Interpretation of the First Gospel . New York, NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons. (Original work published 1947)

 

Kunkel, F. (1958). My Dear Ego: A Look in the Mirror (4th ed.). Boston, MA: The Pilgrim Press. (Original work published 1947)

 

Kunkel, F. (1973). Creation Continues (Paperback ed.). Waco, TX: Word Books Incorporated.

 

Kunkel, F., and Dickerson, R.E. (1946). How Character Develops . Charles Scribner’s Sons. (Original work published 1940)

 

Mead, G.R.S. (1963). Translation, Annotation and Introduction, PISTIS SOPHIA, A Gnostic Miscellany; Being for the most part Extracts from the Books of The Saviour To which are added Excerpts From a Cognate Literature . London: John M. Watkins.

 

Roberts, A., & Donaldson, J. (Eds.). The Ante-Nicene Fathers Translations of The Writings of The Fathers Down To A.D. 325 (Vols. 1-10). Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdman’s Publishing Company.

 

Volume I (no date): The Apolistic Fathers With Justin Martyr and Renaeus

 

Volume II (1962): Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras Theophilus and Clement of Alexandria (Entire)

 

Volume III (1957): Latin Christianity: It’s Founder, Tertullian Part I-Apologetic, Part II-Anti-Marcion, Part III Ethical

 

Volume IV (1956): Tertullian, Part Fourth; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen; Parts First and Second

 

Volume IX (no date): I-Biographical Synopsis, II-General Index

 

Volume V (1957): Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian, Appedix

 

Volume VI (no date): Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius the Greatm Julius Africanus, Anatolius and Minor Writers, Methodius, Arnobius

 

Volume VII (no date): Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius Victorinusx Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions, Homily and Liturgies

 

Volume VIII (no date): The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementina, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Ages

 

Volume X (no date): The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, The Visio Pauli, The Apocalypses of the Virgin and Sedach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristides, The Epistles of Clement (complete text), Origen’s Commentary on John, Books I-X, And Commentary on Matthew Books I, II and X-XIV

 

Sanford, J.A., and Lough, G. (1988). What Men Are Like: The Psychology of Men, For Men and the Women Who Live With Them . New York, NY: The Paulist Press.

 

Sanford, John A.

 

Sanford, J.A. (1986). Song of the Meadowlark: a Novel. New York, NY: Harper & Row.

 

Sanford, J.A. (1987). The Man Who Wrestled With God: Light from the Old Testament on the Psychology of Individuation . New York, NY: Paulist Press.

 

Sanford, J.A. (1991). Soul Journey: A Jungian Analyst Looks at Reincarnation . New York, NY: The Crossroad Publishing Company.

 

Sanford, J.A. (1992). Healing Body and Soul: The Meaning of Illness in the New Testament and in Psychotherapy . Louisville, KY: John Knox Press.

 

Sanford, J.A. (1995). Hate, Love, and Ecstasy: Wisdom from the Lesser Known Goddesses of the Greeks . Wilmette, IL: Chiron Publications.

 

Sanford, J.A. (1996). Evil: The Shadow Side of Reality. New York, NY: Crossroad Publishing Company. (Original work published 1981)

 

Schaff, P. (Ed.). A Select Library of The Nicene And Post-Nicene Fathers of The Christian Church: First Series (Vols. 1-14). Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdman’s Publishing Company.

 

Volume I (1956): The Confessions & Letters of St. Augustin With a Sketch of His Life and Work

 

Volume II (1956): St. Augustine: The City of God; Christian Doctrine

 

Volume III (1956): St. Augustine: On the Holy Trinity, Doctrinal Treatises, Moral Treatises

 

Volume IV (1956): St. Augustine: Writings against the Manichaeans and against the Donatists

 

Volume IX (1956): St. Chrysostom: On the Priesthood; Ascetic Treatises; Homilies and Letters; Homilies on the Statues

 

Volume V (1956): St. Augustine: Writings Against the Pelagians

 

Volume VI (1956): St. Augustine: Sermon on the Mount; Harmony on the Gospels; Homilies on the Gospels

 

Volume VII (1956): St. Augustine: Homilies on the Gospel of John; Homilies on the First Epistle of John; Soliloquies

 

Volume VIII (1956): St. Augustine: Expositions on the Book of Psalms

 

Volume X (1956): St. Chrysostom: Homilies on St. Matthew

 

Volume XI (1956): St. Chrysostom: Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans

 

Volume XII (1956): St. Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians (Homilies on First and Second Corinthians)

 

Volume XIII (1956): St. Chrysostom: Homilies on Galations, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus and Philemon

 

Volume XIV (1956): St. Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of St. John, and Hebrews

 

Schaff, P., & Wace, H. (Eds.). A Select Library Of The Nicene And Post-Nicene Fathers Of The Christian Church: Second Series (Translated into English with Prolegomena and Explanatory notes) (Vols. 1-14). Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdman’s Publishing Company.

 

Volume I (no date): Eusebius of Caesarea: Church History; Life of Constantine the Great; Oration of Constantine

 

Volume II (1952): Socrates: Church History; Sozomenus: Church History

 

Volume III (no date): Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius, Refinus: Historical Writings, Letters

 

Volume IV (1957): Athanasius: Select Works, Letters

 

Volume IX (1955): St. Hilary of Poitiers; John of Damascus

 

Volume V (no date): Gregory of Nyssa: Dogmatic Treatises, Etc.

 

Volume VI (no date): St. Jerome: Select Works, Letters

 

Volume VII (no date): St. Cyril of Jerusalem; St. Gregory of Nazianzen; Orations, Sermons, Letters

 

Volume VIII (no date): Basil: On the Holy Spirit, Letters

 

Volume X (1955): St. Ambrose, Select Works and Letters

 

Volume XI (1955): Sulpitas Severus; Vincent of Lerins; John Cassain

 

Volume XII (1956): Leo the Great; Gregory the Great, Part I

 

Volume XIII (1956): Part II Gregory the Great; Ephraim Syrus; Aphrahat

 

Volume XIV (no date): Decrees and Canons of the Seven Ecumenical Councils