When Throne and Altar are in Danger: Freud, Mourning, and Religion in Modernity

Authors

Diane Jonte-Pace, Santa Clara UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2010

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc

Abstract

What can be said about the complex relationship between psychoanalysis and religion? I've found it useful to address this question from three perspec, tives: life, theory, and culture. These are inevitably intertwined, but can be separated, at least heuristically.

Chapter of

Disciplining Freud on Religion: Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences

Editor

Gregory Kaplan
William Barclay Parsons

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Jonte-Pace, Diane. "When Throne and Altar Are in Danger: Freud, Mourning, and Religion in Modernity." Disciplining Freud on Religion: Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences. Ed. Gregory Kaplan and William Barclay Parsons. Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2010. 59-83.