Beyond Yahweh and Jesus: Bringing Death's Wisdom to Faith, Spirituality, and Psychoanalysis

by Robert Langs

Book Overview

The first in-depth psychoanalytic study of the Old and New Testaments, Beyond Yahweh and Jesus centers on God's role in enabling humans to cope with death and the anxieties it evokes. Yahweh is seen as tending to increase rather than diminish these death anxieties, while Christ offers near-perfect solutions to each type. Why, then, asks Dr. Langs, has Christ failed to bring peace to the world? Langs' answer is focused on what is, he argues, Western...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076570532X
• ISBN13: 9780765705327
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"