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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, James W., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis and religion.

Feminist psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

9786611730192

9781281730190

128173019X

9780300129380

0300129386

OCLC:

952732072