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

John McDargh

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Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Psychoanalysis and Social Critique Jungian Analytical Psychology

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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.

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