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My recommendation for Christian Dreamwork is to go to the back of Jermey Taylor's Dream Work: Techniques for Discovering the Creative Power in Dreams and read the annotated list. New York: Paulist Press.

By far and foremost, the work of Morton Kelsey is the best referenced and most accessible. For scholars in this area, Gods, Dreams, and Revelation: A Christian Interpretation of Dreams is the best source for the Christian story. It could be improved on and I await someone doing this. Here are several of his books:

Kelsey, Morton T (1980) Adventure Inward: Christian Growth through Personal Journal Writing.Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing.

--------. (1978). Dreams: A Way to Listen to God. New York, NY: Paulist Press.

--------. (1974). God, Dreams and Revelation. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House.

--------. (1968). Dreams: The Dark Speech of the Spirit. New York, NY: Doubleday.

If you would like a faster overview with contemporary suggestions on dreamwork, Lois Lindsey Hendricks provides us with Discovering my Biblical Dream Heritage. San Jose, CA: Resource Publications.

For Scholarly work on Islamic Dreaming, I recommend Von Gruenebaum and Caillois, R.'s The Dream and Human Societies.. (1966), Berkeley: University of California Press.
But for application of Sufi principles I recommend Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee's The Call and the Echo: Sufi Dreamwork and the Psychology of the Beloved (1992), Threshold Books: Putney, VT.

I understand that Edward Hoffman has a book on dreams and the kaballa, but I haven't read it. I do like Edwards other books on dreams and so lightly suggest checking out his The Way of Splendor: Jewsish Mysticism and Modern Psychology. (1989), Norghvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.

For a scholarly work on Jewish Dream interpretation in 16th Century Constantinople, Joel Covitz wrote (1990), Visions of the Night: a Study in Jewsigh Dream Interpretation. Boston, MA: Shambhala Press.

For a cross-cultural overview and often in depth study of dreams and spirituality from the view of the issue that concern us most, I recommend Kelly Bulkeley's (1995), Spiritual Dreaming: A Cross-Cultural and Historical Journey. New York, NY: Paulist Press.

The application of Jung to Christianity now includes several good works. The easiest and most accessible and most popular are those of Jeremy Taylor, including his original DreamWork and the more recent Where People Fly and Water Runs Uphill: Using Dreams to tap the Wisdom of the Unconscious. New York, NY: Warner Books, Inc.

Sanford's book Dreams: God's Forgotten Language(1968/1989 ) San Francisco, CA: Harper and Row and the later (1978) Dreams and Healing (New York, NY.: Paulist Press) are recommended for those taking the path of healing and wholeness.

More scholarly texts by Jungians on the subject of Christianity and Jung include John Dourley's The Psyche as Sacrament (Jung and Tillich), Dourley's The Illness that we are: A Jungian Critique of Christianity, Edward F. Edinger's The Christian Archetype: A Jungian Commentary on the Life of Christ , and James A. Hall's The Unconscious Christian: Images of God in Dreams.

For those very serious about Jung and Christianity, I suggest Jung himself, and would further recommend as an entrance, his work AION.