Prometheus revisited; a second look at the religious function in human affairs, and a proposal to merge religion with a biologically grounded social psychiatry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheldon, William Herbert, 1899-1977.

Contributor:

Sheldon, William Herbert, 1899-1977.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social psychology.

Psychology, Social.

Religion and Psychology.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology, Social.

Religion and Psychology.

Physical Description:

viii, 248 pages

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Schenkman, [©1975]

Contents:

I. Humanist foundations of religion

II. Some essential meanings of religion

On the underlying nature of conflict

IV. The central and secondary conflict

V. The Promethean or secondary schism in the human mind

VI. Topographic map for a humanist

or religious

social psychiatry

VII. Clinical review and matrix for a religious humanism

Epilogue by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Notes:

Earlier ed. has title: Psychology of the Promethean will.

Includes bibliographical references.

Related Work:

Sheldon, William Herbert, 1899-1977. Psychology of the Promethean will.

Other Format:

Online version: Sheldon, William Herbert, 1899-1977. Prometheus revisited.

OCLC:

2071384