USD $140.00
Early Psychoanalytic Religious Writings
Series: - Contemporary Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume: 29
Early Psychoanalytic Religious Writings presents, in one edited volume, many of the foundational writings in the psychoanalytic study of religion. These translated works by Abraham, Fromm, Pfister, and others, complement Freud’s seminal contributions and provide a unique window into the origins of psychoanalytic thinking. The volume includes the Freud-Pfister correspondence, with a brief introduction, which reveals the rich back story of friendship, mutual respect, and intellectual debate. These essays are anchored in Freud’s early theory-building and prefigure and are linked to later developments in psychoanalytic thought. The issues raised in these essays are of relevance still today – how is religions thinking shaped by unconscious processes reflecting primary relationships and drives?
H. Newton Malony, M. Div, Ph.D., is retired Senior Professor of psychology in the Graduate School of Psychology of Fuller Theological Seminary and founding editor of the
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. Newton Malony is a Protestant Clergy in addition to being a clinical psychologist. He is a graduate of Yale Divinity School and is author/editor of over 35 books – most of which concern issues in Christian Theology.
Edward P. Shafranske, Ph.D., ABPP, is Professor of psychology at Pepperdine University, senior faculty at the New Center for Psychoanalysis, and fellow of the International Psychoanalytical Association. He served as associate editor of the
APA Handbook of Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality.
Note on Original Publications
1 The Psychoanalytic Study of Religion: Past, Present, Future
Edward P. Shafranske
2 Two Contributions to the Research of Symbols ( Zwei Beitrage zur Symbolforschung. Imago IX, 1923, 122–126)
Karl Abraham
3 If Moses were an Egyptian… (International Journal of Psycho-Analysis XX, 1939, 1–32)
Sigmund Freud
4 The Dogma of Christ ( Die Entwicklung des Christusdogma. Imago XVI, 1930, 305–373)
Erich Fromm
5 Two Traditions from Pascal’s Childhood ( Zwei Überlieferungen aus Pascals Kinderjahren. Imago XI (3), 1935, 346–351)
Imre Hermann
6 A Psychoanalytic Study of the Holy Spirit ( Eine Psychoanalytische Studie über den Heiligen Geist. Imago IX (1), 1923, 58–72)
Ernest Jones
7 Is the Mark of Cain Circumcision? A Critical Contribution to Biblical Exegesis ( Ist das Kainszeichen die Beschneidung Imago V, 1919, 290–293)
Ludwig Levy
8 The Illusion of the Future: A Friendly Dispute with Professor Sigmund Freud ( Die Illusion einer Zukunft. Imago XIV, 1928, 149–184)
Oskar Pfister
9 The Fifth Commandment ( Das fünfte Gebot. Imago IX, (1), 1923, 129–130)
Sandor Rado
10 The Three Foundational Elements of Religious Feeling
( The Mass Psychology of Fascism [Die Massenpsychologie des Faschismus]. 1933, Chapter VII: Sex Economy in the Fight Against Mysticism)
Wilhelm Reich
11 Freud’s Journal IMAGO – 1912 to Present
12 The Future of an Illusion: The Illusion of the Future: An Historic Dialogue on the Value of Religion. Between Oskar Pfister and Sigmund Freud (Reprinted with Permission from The Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 15(2), 1979, 177–186)
H. Newton Malony and Gerald O. North
Index
1 The Psychoanalytic Study of Religion: Past, Present, Future
Edward P. Shafranske
2 Two Contributions to the Research of Symbols ( Zwei Beitrage zur Symbolforschung. Imago IX, 1923, 122–126)
Karl Abraham
3 If Moses were an Egyptian… (International Journal of Psycho-Analysis XX, 1939, 1–32)
Sigmund Freud
4 The Dogma of Christ ( Die Entwicklung des Christusdogma. Imago XVI, 1930, 305–373)
Erich Fromm
5 Two Traditions from Pascal’s Childhood ( Zwei Überlieferungen aus Pascals Kinderjahren. Imago XI (3), 1935, 346–351)
Imre Hermann
6 A Psychoanalytic Study of the Holy Spirit ( Eine Psychoanalytische Studie über den Heiligen Geist. Imago IX (1), 1923, 58–72)
Ernest Jones
7 Is the Mark of Cain Circumcision? A Critical Contribution to Biblical Exegesis ( Ist das Kainszeichen die Beschneidung Imago V, 1919, 290–293)
Ludwig Levy
8 The Illusion of the Future: A Friendly Dispute with Professor Sigmund Freud ( Die Illusion einer Zukunft. Imago XIV, 1928, 149–184)
Oskar Pfister
9 The Fifth Commandment ( Das fünfte Gebot. Imago IX, (1), 1923, 129–130)
Sandor Rado
10 The Three Foundational Elements of Religious Feeling
( The Mass Psychology of Fascism [Die Massenpsychologie des Faschismus]. 1933, Chapter VII: Sex Economy in the Fight Against Mysticism)
Wilhelm Reich
11 Freud’s Journal IMAGO – 1912 to Present
12 The Future of an Illusion: The Illusion of the Future: An Historic Dialogue on the Value of Religion. Between Oskar Pfister and Sigmund Freud (Reprinted with Permission from The Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 15(2), 1979, 177–186)
H. Newton Malony and Gerald O. North
Index
University and seminary libraries and religious scholars, cultural historians, and psychoanalysts who have intellectual interest in the psychoanalytic study of religion will find value in this unique historical text.