Psychoanalytic Object Relations Theory and the Study of Religion: On Faith and the Imaging of God

By John McDargh

Examines the significance of the contemporary psychoanalytic theory of object relations and its relation to faith. Using case studies and a combined psychological and theological analysis, the author demonstrates that object relations theory offers a powerful basis for a more comprehensive understanding of the human construction of an image of God and the psychological dynamics of faith. Suitable for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students of the psychology of religion and religious development, and also for those studying religious education, pastoral counseling and spiritual direction.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819135100
• ISBN13: 9780819135100
• Release Date: September 1983
• Publisher: University Press of America, Incorporated
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"