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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954440803321

Autore

Jones James W. <1943->

Titolo

Religion and psychology in transition : psychoanalysis, feminism, and theology / / James W. Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c1996

ISBN

9786611730192

9781281730190

128173019X

9780300129380

0300129386

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Disciplina

291.1/75

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis and religion

Feminist psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-162) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Freud on Human Nature and Religion -- 2. The Capacity for Relationships -- 3. A Relational Psychoanalysis of Religion -- 4. Toward a Relational Theology -- 5. Illusion -- 6. The Dilemmas of Reductionism -- 7. A Nonreductive Psychoanalysis -- Conclusion -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this thought-provoking book, clinical psychologist and professor of religious studies James W. Jones presents a dialogue between contemporary psychoanalytic thinking and contemporary theology. He sheds new light on the interaction of religion and psychology by viewing it from the perspective of world religions, providing an epistemological framework for the psychology of religion that draws on contemporary philosophy of science, and bringing out the importance of gender as a category of analysis. Developments in psychoanalysis provide new resources for theological reflection, Jones contends. The Freudian view that human nature is isolated and instinctual has shifted to a vision of the self as constituted in and through relationships. Jones uses this relational model of human nature to explore the convergence



between contemporary psychoanalysis, feminist theorizing, and themes in religious thought found in a variety of traditions. He also critiques the reductionism inherent in Freud's discussion of religion and proposes nonreductionistic and genuinely psychoanalytic ways for psychoanalysis to treat religious topics. For therapists, psychologists, theologians, and others interested in spiritual or psychological issues, Jones offers illuminating clinical material and insightful analysis.