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Utilizing both clinical material based on the life histories of twenty patients and theoretical insights from the works of Freud, Erikson, Fairbairn, and Winnicott, Ana-Maria Rizzuto examines the origin, development, and use of our God images. Whereas Freud postulated that belief in God is based on a child's idea of his father, Rizzuto argues that the God representation draws from a variety of sources and is a major element in the fabric of one's view of self, others, and the world. | Utilizing both clinical material based on the life histories of twenty patients and theoretical insights from the works of Freud, Erikson, Fairbairn, and Winnicott, Ana-Maria Rizzuto examines the origin, development, and use of our God images. Whereas Freud postulated that belief in God is based on a child's idea of his father, Rizzuto argues that the God representation draws from a variety of sources and is a major element in the fabric of one's view of self, others, and the world. | ||
== Content == | == Content == | ||
=== 1. Introduction 3 === | |||
=== 2. Freud 13 === | |||
=== 3. Beyond Freud 41 === | |||
=== 4. The Representations of Objects and Human Psychic Functions 54 === | |||
=== 5. Introduction to the Clinical Research 87 === | |||
=== 6. A God Without Whiskers 93 === | |||
=== 7. A God in the Mirror 109 === | |||
=== 8. God, the Enigma 130 === | |||
=== 9. God, My Enemy === | |||
=== 10. Conclusions 177 === | |||
== Other facts == | == Other facts == | ||
Revision as of 16:54, 30 April 2017
Title: The Birth of the Living God: A Psychoanalytic Study
Author: Ana-Maria Rizzuto, M.D.
Go back to Books list
Synopsis
Utilizing both clinical material based on the life histories of twenty patients and theoretical insights from the works of Freud, Erikson, Fairbairn, and Winnicott, Ana-Maria Rizzuto examines the origin, development, and use of our God images. Whereas Freud postulated that belief in God is based on a child's idea of his father, Rizzuto argues that the God representation draws from a variety of sources and is a major element in the fabric of one's view of self, others, and the world.
Content
1. Introduction 3
2. Freud 13
3. Beyond Freud 41
4. The Representations of Objects and Human Psychic Functions 54
5. Introduction to the Clinical Research 87
6. A God Without Whiskers 93
7. A God in the Mirror 109
8. God, the Enigma 130
9. God, My Enemy
10. Conclusions 177
Other facts
- Used for: TRS 753E Personality and Religious Development
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Bibliographic info
ISBN: 978-0226721026 Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; New edition edition (March 15, 1981)