Arthur Guirdham

Christ and Freud (RLE: Freud) (eBook, ePUB)

A Study of Religious Experience and Observance

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1959, this book is primarily concerned with the question of psychiatric factors in religion, and, conversely, with that of religious factors in psychiatry. It rejects the Freudian theory that religion is a form of obsessional neurosis. Though this latter hypothesis may explain many of the phenomena of religious observance, it cannot explain the reality of religious experience. He shows how theology may actually be inimical to religious experience and how faith differs from belief and is a response of the whole man.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317975977
• Artikelnr.: 39705353

Autorenporträt

Guirdham, Arthur

Inhaltsangabe

Preface by Lawrence Durrell. Introduction. Part 1: Christ and Freud 1. The
Religious Aspects of Psychiatric Illness 2. Some Psychiatric Mechanisms in
Religious Observance 3. Criticism of the Psycho-Analytical Interpretation
of Religion 4. Sexual Symbolism in Religion 5. Further Criticisms of the
Freudian Concept of Religion 6. The Phenomena of Mysticism 7. The
Distinction between Mysticism and Psychiatric Disease 8. Art and
Psychiatric Disorder 9. Freudian Theory and Other World Religions 10.
Neurosis and the Conception of a Personal God 11. The Persistence of
Judaism in Christianity 12. Evaluation of Freud 13. Religion without Power
14. Summary of the Fallacies in the Psychoanalytic Explanation of Religion
Part 2: Christianity and Neurosis 1. The Special Role of Christianity 2.
The Doctrine of Resurrection 3. Limitations of the Theological Approach 4.
Christianity and Time 5. Theology versus Religion 6. The Total or Partial
Response Part 3: Guilt and Clericalism 1. Origins of Guilt in Clericalism
2. Christ and Clericalism 3. Psychiatric Origins of Clericalism 4.
Obsessional Factors in Clericalism 5. Homosexuality in Clericalism 6. The
Obsessional Element in Christianity 7. The New Faith 8. God and Power Part
4: Freedom and Captivity 1. Sex, Self-Assertion and Self-Annihilation 2.
Current Errors in Psychiatric Treatment 3. The Action of Drugs 4. Priests
and Doctors. Index.