Does God help? : developmental and clinical aspects of religious belief / edited by Salman Akhtar and Henri Parens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akhtar, Salman, 1946 July 31-

Parens, Henri, 1928-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy patients--Religious life--Congresses.

Psychotherapy patients.

Psychotherapy--Religious aspects--Congresses.

Psychotherapy.

Psychoanalysis and religion--Congresses.

Psychoanalysis and religion.

Psychotherapy--Religious aspects.

Psychotherapy patients--Religious life.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xv, 366 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Northvale, N.J. : Jason Aronson, [2001]

Summary:

'At long last there is a book that brings the issue of religious belief into the consulting room. Deliberately avoiding the one debate about whether or not God exists, the editors have marshaled papers that take seriously the fact that patients are affected by their religious convictions. Experts on Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam refract the clinical process through the prisms of these religions, and commentaries on their papers are offered by distinguished psychoanalysts who provide vigorous challenges and supplementary visions. Therapists will be informed by reading this book and will find their understanding of patients enriched.' --David M. Sachs

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

076570319X

OCLC:

45463487