Psychoanalysis and Religious Experience

by W. Meissner

Book Overview

In this provocative book, W. W. Meissner, a Jesuit and psychoanalyst, attempts to bring about a rapprochement between psychoanalysis and religious thinking. Utilizing the resources of modern psychoanalytic insight, he examines Freud's views on religion, explores the dialectical relationship between psychoanalysis and religion, and applies more contemporary concepts in psychoanalysis to the understanding of religious experience. "Dr. Meissner has written...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300037511
• ISBN13: 9780300037517
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"