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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956745403321

Autore

Bingaman Kirk A

Titolo

Freud and faith : living in the tension / / Kirk A. Bingaman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, c2003

ISBN

9780791487198

0791487199

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Disciplina

261.5/15

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis and religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Freud and Faith""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Freud�s Interpretation of Religion""; ""2. What Freud Can and Cannot Teach the Religious Believer""; ""3. The Psychical Role Of God""; ""4. The Relation Between Religious and Gender Psychology""; ""5. Beyond Either-or: Toward A Constructive Reengagement with Freud""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""J""; ""K""; ""M""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""

Sommario/riassunto

Whether Sigmund Freud's theory precludes serious engagement with psychoanalytic theory for those professing faith in the God of the Judeo-Christian tradition has been controversial for years. Coming to terms with Freud's theory has proved difficult for religious believers because of his stance that religious faith is little more than psychological projection. Building on the work of philosopher and theologian Paul Ricoeur, psychoanalyst Ana-Maria Rizzuto, and feminist theorist Judith Van Herik, author Kirk A. Bingaman demonstrates that it is possible and even advantageous for believers to hold their religious faith in dialectical tension with psychoanalysis. Bingaman shows how Freud's critique of religion can enrich and strengthen, rather than destroy, the faith of the believer. What emerges from the author's argument is a creative method for living within the emotional and spiritual tension that develops whenever our belief system is challenged or disrupted.