Wallace Clift
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The Reverend Wallace Clift |
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| Born | March 31, 1926 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Dalby Clift |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Texas, Harvard University, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, University of Chicago Divinity School |
| Thesis title | 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. (born March 27, 1926) is the author of several books and articles in the field of psychology of religion, and a professor emeritus at the University of Denver, where he chaired the Department of Religion for many years. He has lectured and given workshops extensively in the United States, Australia, Europe and Asia on such topics as Jungian psychology, Christian theology, pilgrimage, spiritual growth, dream interpretation, journaling, and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Clift has published six books, three of which were co-authored with his wife, the Reverend Jean Dalby Clift.
Clift earned a bachelor's degree with honors in economics and government from the University of Texas at Austin in 1949. Clift then went on to earn a law degree at Harvard Law School in 1952, and practiced law at Baker, Botts, Andrews and Parish in Houston, Texas, before attending seminary. He married another attorney at the firm, Jean Dalby, in 1954. In 1960, he earned an M.Div. from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. Ordained deacon in 1960 and priest in 1961, Clift served as vicar of Grace Church and the Church of the Resurrection in Houston until 1964. While in Houston, Clift attended the major address by then-presidential candidate Senator John F. Kennedy to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association on September 12, 1960 regarding Kennedy's ability to make decisions independent of the Roman Catholic Church, and is viewable on the 1:38 mark in the recorded video of the address.
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