1st Edition
Terror and Transformation The Ambiguity of Religion in Psychoanalytic Perspective
By James W. Jones
Copyright 2002
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
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Religion has been responsible for both horrific acts against humanity and some of humanity's most sublime teachings and experiences. How is this possible? From a contemporary psychoanalytic perspective, this book seeks to answer that question in terms of the psychological dynamic of idealisation. At the heart of living religion is the idealisation of everyday objects. Such idealisations provide... Read more
Introduction: Religion and its Ambiguities. Religion and Idealization. Clinical Illustrations. A Psychology of the Sacred. Idealization and Religious Fanaticism. Idealization and Transformation. Religion Without Idealization - Is It Possible? Epilogue. Bibliography.
Biography
James W Jones is Professor of Religion, Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology at Rutgers University, New Jersey and Lecturer in Religion and Psychiatry at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He has doctorates in both clinical psychology and philosophy of religion and has a long history of successful publishing in religious and psychoanalytic subjects.
