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The first critical guide to the essential literature reflecting and expressing psychoanalytic approaches to religion, this volume's concentrates on critical assessments that steer the user toward works of lasting value. The book's first priority is to include publications clearly aimed at continuing the Freudian tradition and contributing to the psychoanalytic study of religion. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of psychology and religion as well as the general reader who is seeking works on those topics. Most of the psychoanalytic literature in English since 1920 is included and is organized in 21 topical sections. Cross-references and indexes increase the usefulness of the work.
The author has tried to include every coherent effort, guided by psychoanalytic theory, to offer an explanation, understanding, or interpretation of religion or religious behavior. The work will be of interest in the fields of psychoanalysis, psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, literature, folklore, and religion. Public libraries will find this a valuable reference tool to offer the general reader who is interested in a broad spectrum of ideas.
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Series Foreword by G.E. Gorman
Introduction
Psychoanalytic Studies of Religion: A Critical AssessmentThe Basic Theory
Historical Development of the Psychoanalytic Approach
Freud's Writings on Religion
A Model Analysis
Using Clinical Data
Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
Critiques
Overview
Annotated BibliographyGeneral Sources
Freud's Original Writings
Critical Reviews and Overviews
Freud's Jewish Identity
Origins of Religion
Religion and Individual Psychodynamics
Religious Experience
Conversion
Biographies
Mythology
Rituals
Transition Rites
Judaism
Anti-Semitism
Christianity
Asian Religions (Buddhism, Hinduism)
Ego Psychology and Religion
Object Relations Theory and Religion
Academic Studies of Psychoanalytic Hypotheses
Mother-Worship
Father Projection
Author Index
Title Index
Subject Index
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BENJAMIN BEIT-HALLAHMI is Professor of Psychology at the University of Haifa. His education and teaching experience extends from Israel to the United States. He is the author of sixteen books and nearly one hundred articles and book chapters.
