1st Edition

Sigmund Freud and Oskar Pfister on Religion The Beginning of an Endless Dialogue

By Carlos Domínguez-Morano Copyright 2024
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

Sigmund Freud and Oskar Pfister on Religion examines the dialogue between psychoanalysis and religion through the encounters of two men: the "unfaithful Jew" who founded psychoanalysis, and a pastor of profound religious faith and proven psychoanalytic conviction. Carlos Domínguez-Morano analyses the original encounters between Freud and Pfister and their respective positions, noting the... Read more

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part I. THE HISTORY OF A FRIENDSHIP

Chapter 1. The Encounter of Two World Views

Chapter 2. The Ins and Outs of a Friendship

Chapter 3. Mutual Contributions

Part II. AN INTERMINABLE DIALOGUE

Chapter 4. The Great Debate: The Future of an Illusion and the Illusion of a Future

Chapter 5. The Psychoanalysis and Faith Dialogue Over Time

Conclusion

Bibliography

Bibliographic subject index

Biography

Carlos Domínguez-Morano, PhD, is a psychotherapist, emeritus professor at the Faculty of Theology of Granada, and vice-director of the master's degree in Transcultural Spirituality at the Loyola Andalusia University, Spain.

"This brief treatise whets the appetite for knowing more about Oscar Pfister… More than that, however, it is a thoughtful introduction to ‘The Great Dialogue’ between religion and psychoanalysis… I highly recommend it." - Leonardo M. Marmol in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion (review of the Spanish edition, Psicoanálisis y religion: Sigmund Freud y Oskar Pfister, published by Editorial Trotta)