Kenny, Dianna T.
God, Freud and religion : the origins of faith, fear and fundamentalism / Dianna T. Kenny. - viii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-215) and index.
Dedication. Acknowledgements. Preface. Foreword. Science, God and Religion. Does God Exist? The Common Origins in Human Nature of Taboos, Conscience, Neurosis and Religion. The Origin and Meaning of Totems and Religion. Freud, Religion, Culture and Philosophy. Freud, the Demonic, Madness, and the Fanciful. Critiques of Freud's Theory on Religion. Group Psychology and the Psychoanalysis of Violence. Terror Theology and Fundamentalism. Conclusions and a Cautionary Tale. References.
The Bible tells us that God created man in his own image. Freud argued the reverse ' that Man created God in his image. This book interrogates these two propositions to provide a coherent account of why people might believe in God. In God, Freud and Religion, a psychoanalytic perspective and Freud' s works on religion offer a framework for examining the genesis of religious belief and its use in manipulating human behaviour for secular or political purposes.Drawing on theories from psychoanalysis, developmental, cognitive,...
College of Arts and Sciences
9781138791329 (hbk.) 9781138791336 (pbk.)
2014039671
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
Psychology and religion.
Violence--Religious aspects.
Psychoanalysis.
BF173.F85 / K46 2015
200.19/K39
God, Freud and religion : the origins of faith, fear and fundamentalism / Dianna T. Kenny. - viii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-215) and index.
Dedication. Acknowledgements. Preface. Foreword. Science, God and Religion. Does God Exist? The Common Origins in Human Nature of Taboos, Conscience, Neurosis and Religion. The Origin and Meaning of Totems and Religion. Freud, Religion, Culture and Philosophy. Freud, the Demonic, Madness, and the Fanciful. Critiques of Freud's Theory on Religion. Group Psychology and the Psychoanalysis of Violence. Terror Theology and Fundamentalism. Conclusions and a Cautionary Tale. References.
The Bible tells us that God created man in his own image. Freud argued the reverse ' that Man created God in his image. This book interrogates these two propositions to provide a coherent account of why people might believe in God. In God, Freud and Religion, a psychoanalytic perspective and Freud' s works on religion offer a framework for examining the genesis of religious belief and its use in manipulating human behaviour for secular or political purposes.Drawing on theories from psychoanalysis, developmental, cognitive,...
College of Arts and Sciences
9781138791329 (hbk.) 9781138791336 (pbk.)
2014039671
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
Psychology and religion.
Violence--Religious aspects.
Psychoanalysis.
BF173.F85 / K46 2015
200.19/K39
