Freud and Religion - Advancing the Dialogue

List of contents

1. Why Freud wrote on Religion; 2. Totem and taboo: the origin of religion; 3. Freud's Moses: the advent of monotheism; 4. Future of an illusion: the secular cure of souls; 5. Civilization and its discontents: the Unbehagen of religion; 6. Freud and eastern religions; 7. Psychoanalysis and religion beyond Freud; 8. Revisions and applications; Conclusion: Psychoanalytic spirituality.

About the author

William B. Parsons is Professor of Religion at Rice University. He has authored nine books, including The Enigma of the Oceanic Feeling (1742 and 1998) and Religion and Psychology: Mapping the Terrain (2000).

Summary

This book looks at religion through a psychoanalytic lens. It does so by 1) offering a chronological examination of Freud's interpretation of religion; 2) surveying post-Freudian psychoanalytic developments; 3) addressing its critiques; 4) offering revisions, illustrations and applications of the method in action.

Product details

• Authors: William B. Parsons, William B. (Rice University Parsons, Parsons William B.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781108453707
• ISBN: 978-1-108-45370-7
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society; CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN RELIGION
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Philosophy, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, History of Religion, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Philosophy of religion, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis