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Christ and Freud

A Study of Religious Experience and Observance [Hardback]

by Arthur Guirdham

    • Author

      Arthur Guirdham

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Taylor & Francis Ltd

    • Published

      September 2013

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      Christ and Freud

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      Originally published in 1959, this book is primarily concerned with the question of psychiatric factors in religion, and, conversely, with that of religious factors in psychiatry. It rejects the Freudian theory that religion is a form of obsessional neurosis. Though this latter hypothesis may explain many of the phenomena of religious observance, it cannot explain the reality of religious experience. Dr Guirdham believes that orthodox Christianity is a perversion of the psychologically irrefutable teaching of Christ and that its conception of God as a supreme being endowed with supreme power, its teaching on the resurrection, and its contamination with a sense of guilt, are especially conducive to psychiatric disorder. He shows how theology may actually be inimical to religious experience and how faith differs from belief and is a response of the whole man. The book explains also the psychological origins of clericalism and demonstrates the role played by the latter in stifling religious experience.

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      • Author

        Arthur Guirdham

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Taylor & Francis Ltd

      • Published

        September 2013

      • Weight

        432g

      • Page Count

        200

      • Dimensions

        156 x 234 x 13 mm

      • ISBN

        9780415717106

      • ISBN-10

        0415717108

      • Eden Code

        4241409

      More Information

      • Author/Creator: Arthur Guirdham

      • ISBN: 9780415717106

      • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

      • Release Date: September 2013

      • Weight: 432g

      • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 13 mm

      • Eden Code: 4241409


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