Psychoanalysis and religion

Author: Irish From Publication date: 2015 Book classification: Social and Political Sciences, Newly arrived Publisher: Dar Al Hiwar (Syria) Number of pages: 191 Format: Paperback About the book: A systematic study of the psychoanalytic stance on religious beliefs. It includes five chapters; the first introduces the dimensions of the problem, while the second discusses the positions of Freud and Jung. The third provides an analysis of patterns of religious experience. The fourth chapter presents the psychoanalyst as a healer of the soul, while the last chapter addresses whether psychoanalysis poses a threat to religion.