Author: Hans Küng Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 9780300047233 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 188
Book Description
In this highly acclaimed book, one of the most prominent theologians in the world offers a theological and psychoanalytic assessment of Freud’s atheism and of its implications for current psychoanalytic practice. In the original section of the book, now entitled "God--An Infantile Illusion?,” Hans K�ng traces Freud’s views on religion and religious longing, compares Jung’s and Adler’s attitudes toward religion, shows that Freud’s arguments against the existence of God are theologically unsound, and concludes with a frank and provocative discussion of what psychoanalysis may be able to teach the Christian Church. In a new section, "Religion--The Final Taboo?,” K�ng points out that religions still plays a negligible role in the practice of psychoanalysis, despite its increasing importance in the lives of most people. Has religion replaced sex, K�ng asks, as an integral facet of human experience ignored or repressed by the very profession that seeks to enlighten? Reviews of the first edition: "This should stand as one of Dr. K�ng’s finest works.”--Edmund Fuller, Wall Street Journal "A balanced, thorough, and very readable discussion of Freud’s critique of religion... A model of the clarity, honesty, and fairness we can always expect to find in K�ng’s writings.” -John F. Haught, America "An honest, sympathetic pro-and-con assessment of specific elements of Freud’s critique by a well-known German Catholic theologian, easily accessible to the interested layperson and valuable for both theologians and psychologists.”--Library Journal "K�ng carefully, sympathetically investigates Freud’s interpretations of religion, both within his clinical theories and personal history.” -Lisa Mitchell, Los Angeles Times
Author: Armand Nicholi Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 9780743247856 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 342
Book Description
Compares and contrasts the beliefs of two famous thinkers, Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis, on topics ranging from the existence of God and morality to pain and suffering.
Author: Ana-Maria Rizzuto Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 9780300075250 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 332
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In this study, the author reviews and reorganizes data about Freud's development and life circumstances to provide a psychodynamic interpretation of his rejection of God. She contends that Freud's early life made it impossible for him to believe in a provident and caring divine being.
Author: Dan German Blazer Publisher: ISBN: Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 264
Book Description
While psychiatry is not much interested in existential pain, and Christian theologians are not concerned with disorders of the brain, Dan Blazer thinks they should be. "Freud vs. God" aims to rekindle the debate between the soul and the mind, between Christianity and psychiatry. This important and provocative book is a "must" read for all psychiatrists, theologians, pastors, counselors, and interested laypersons.
Author: Alister McGrath Publisher: InterVarsity Press ISBN: 0830868739 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 120
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Alister McGrath and Joanna Collicutt McGrath present a reliable assessment of The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, famed atheist and scientist, and the many questions this book raises--including, above all, the relevance of faith and the quest for meaning.
Author: Peter Adam Angeles Publisher: ISBN: Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 404
Book Description
Essays on atheism by Kurt Baier, John Dewey, Paul Edwards, Antony Flew, Sigmund Freud, Erich Fromm, Sidney Hook, Walter Kaufmann, Corliss Lamont, Wallace I. Matson, H.J. McCloskey, Ernest Nagel, Kai Nielsen, Richard Robinson, Bertrand Russell, and Michael Scriven.
Author: Marsha Aileen Hewitt Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317545915 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 169
Book Description
Freud argued that religions originate in the unconscious needs, longings and fantasies of human minds. His work has served to highlight how any analysis of religion must explore mental life, both the cognitive and the unconscious. 'Freud on Religion' examines Freud's complex understanding of religious belief and practice. The book brings together contemporary psychoanalytic theory and case material from Freud's clinical practice to illustrate how the operations of the unconscious mind support various forms of religious belief, from mainstream to occult. 'Freud on Religion' offers a new way of understanding Freud's thinking and demonstrates how valuable psychoanalysis is for the study of religion.
Author: Hans Küng
Author: Armand Nicholi
Author: Ana-Maria Rizzuto
Author: Dan German Blazer
Author: Sigmund Freud
Author: Sigmund Freud
Author: Alister McGrath
Author: Peter Gay
Author: Peter Adam Angeles
Author: Marsha Aileen Hewitt