Beyond Yahweh and Jesus.Beyond Yahweh and Jesus Robert Langs, M.D. Jason Aronson Publishers c/o Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706 9780765705327, $24.95 www.aronson.com 1-800-462-6420 Beyond Yahweh and Jesus: Bringing Death's Wisdom to Faith, Spirituality, and Psychoanalysis psychoanalysis, name given by Sigmund Freud to a system of interpretation and therapeutic treatment of psychological disorders. Psychoanalysis began after Freud studied (1885–86) with the French neurologist J. M. is an extensive psychoanalytic psy·cho·a·nal·y·sis n. pl. psy·cho·a·nal·y·ses 1. a. The method of psychological therapy originated by Sigmund Freud in which free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of resistance and transference are study of the Old and New Testaments. Central to the discussion is God's role in helping humans cope with fear of death. Author and practicing psychoanalyst psy·cho·an·a·lyst n. A psychotherapist, usually a psychiatrist or a clinical psychologist, who is trained in psychoanalysis and employs its methods in treating emotional disorders. Robert Langs suggests that Western religion carries a fundamental flaw in that it does not fully understand human psychology, with the logical conclusion that psychological wisdom is needed as a supplement to the spiritual wisdom of religion. "The inability of Christ's model life on earth and his teachings to calm the world has at least four basic sources: a failure to appreciate the fundamental problems inherent in human nature; a related failure to recognize the pervasive impact of the three forms of death anxiety on human thinking and behavior; the advent of inexplicable in·ex·pli·ca·ble adj. Difficult or impossible to explain or account for. in·ex  pli·ca·bil natural catastrophes that harm
seemingly innocent people and the related failure of God to answer the
prayers of seemingly deserving souls in need of help; and gaps and
limitations in Christ's teachings." Psychoanalysis has failed
religion, Langs claims, yet it is not too late to restore and empower
religion with a more fully attuned at·tune tr.v. at·tuned, at·tun·ing, at·tunes 1. To bring into a harmonious or responsive relationship: an industry that is not attuned to market demands. 2. understanding of the very humans it serves--or build secular forms of spirituality and morality. A thoughtful and meticulously reasoned discussion of where religion and psychology most need to intersect In a relational database, to match two files and produce a third file with records that are common in both. For example, intersecting an American file and a programmer file would yield American programmers. . |
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