Beyond Belief : Psychotherapy and Religion / by Samuel M. Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Samuel M., author.

Contributor:

Stein, Samuel M.

Series:

KARNAC

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, [2018].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The burden once put upon natural scientists is here shouldered by psychotherapists. This book asks whether psychotherapy can go beyond belief and gives various answers from a wide variety of people and their differing perspectives. 'Whilst making a circuitous and muddled way through the dilemmas inherent in both the overlap and conflict between psychotherapy and religion, I read in one of Charles Rycroft's works of a book called The God I Want (1967) by James Mitchell. It comprised a series of short essays of the same title by analysts, authors, theologians and others describing their approach to religion and their own personal theology. It was thought provoking to read of the religious dilemmas faced by other people, as well as of how they had resolved them. However, whilst Rycroft's own contribution (as an analyst) to the book was very helpful, others drawn from fields outside psychoanalysis were less so. An additional problem was that Mitchell's publication was over thirty years old, no longer in print and rarely available.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD Robert 0. Hinshelwood; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE ""The God I want"" David M. Black; CHAPTER TWO In whose image? Patrick Casement; CHAPTER THREE An agnostic's spirituality David H. Clark; CHAPTER FOUR A good-enough God? Some psychology-theology crossing places Murray Cox; CHAPTER FIVE Psychotherapy and religion Patrick Gallwey; CHAPTER SIX Reflections of an analytical psychologist on God, religion, and spirituality Judith Hubback; CHAPTER SEVEN Reflections about God (Yehovah) and religion Judith lssroff

CHAPTER EIGHT A former Jesuit and an agnostic Jew talk about religion over a cup of coffee Moisb Lemlij & Eduardo MontagneCHAPTER NINE The Spirit of God Colin Murray Parkes; CHAPTER TEN Freud, feminism, and religion Janet Sayers; CHAPTER ELEVEN Religion and science in psychoanalysis Neville S ymington; CHAPTER TWELVE A religious man who doesn't believe in God Samuel M. Stein; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index.

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ISBN:

0-429-89716-2

0-429-47239-0

1-282-90050-1

9786612900501

1-84940-278-7

9780429472398

OCLC:

694146809