Gavin Miller

Miracles of Healing (eBook, ePUB)

Psychotherapy and Religion in Twentieth-Century Scotland

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Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the entanglement of religion and psychotherapy in twentieth-century ScotlandFar from being washed away by the tide of secularization that swept post-war United Kingdom, one of the ways in which Christianity in Scotland survived, and transformed itself, was by drawing on the alliances that it had built earlier in the century with psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Psychoanalysis was seen as a way to purify Christianity, and to propel it in a scientifically rational and socially progressive direction. This book draws upon a wealth of archival research to uncover the complex interaction between religion and psychotherapy in twentieth-century Scotland. It explores the practical and intellectual alliance created between the Scottish churches and Scottish psychotherapy that found expression in the work of celebrated figures such as the radical psychiatrist R.D. Laing and the pioneering psychoanalyst W.R.D. Fairbairn, as well as the careers of less well-known individuals such as the psychotherapist Winifred Rushforth.Key Features-Uncovers the hidden alliance between psychoanalytic psychotherapy and Scottish Christianity.-Exposes the continuity running from Christian discourses, practices and organizations to New Age spirituality in Scotland.-Draws on extensive archival research on key figures such as R.D. Laing and organizations such as The Davidson Clinic

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474446990
• Artikelnr.: 72429503

Autorenporträt

Gavin Miller is Senior Lecturer in Medical Humanities in the School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow. He has previously published the monograph R. D. Laing with Edinburgh University Press (2004) and he has been widely published in books and journals on the topics of psychotherapy and theology, Scottish literature and the medical humanities.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements; Introduction
Chapter One: The Self In Communion
Chapter Two: Interpreting God's Psychotherapeutic Will
Chapter Three: Scottish Psychotherapy In The New Age
Conclusion; Archival Sources; Works Cited