Psyche and Spirit
Dialectics of Transformation
Published on 22. October 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
290 pages
978-0-7618-2692-7 (ISBN)
Description
Psyche and Spirit involves a series of interdisciplinary studies of the psychology of religious experience from the vantage point of psychoanalysis, psychology of religion, literary study, philosophy and theology. Individual essays converge on the subject of transformative processes occurring in the mutual interaction of psychic and spiritual experience as an integral aspect of religious experience. Each contributor brings a unique and refreshing set of insights to bear on a given aspect of this overall central concern. The resulting variation and diversity of opinion and perspective are enriching, challenging, and bring to bear a set of refreshing approaches that converge on the central issues of spiritual and psychic transformation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-2692-7 (9780761826927)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
W.W. Meissner, S.J., M.D. is University Professor of Psychoanalysis, Boston College. Christopher Schlauch is Associate Professor and Chair, School of Theology, Boston University.
Content
Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Prologue Chapter 3 Theoretical Aspects of Psychic Transformation: Believing, Belief, and Transformational Processes; Passing Over Yet Being Home: Interreligious Encounter and the Transformation of Consciousness; The Varieties of Selves: A Study in Religious Matters; A Chapter 4 Psychic and Spiritual Transformative Action: On Keeping Kosher: Why on Earth Should We Obey These Heaven-Originated Commandments?; Transformative Processes in the Spiritual Exercises Chapter 5 Psychic and Spiritual Transformation in Life Narratives: Becoming She Who Desires: The Transformative Power of Subjectivity in Women's Psychological and Spiritual Experience; The Pearls of Saint Lawrence: What Ruskin Sees when He Looks at a Picture; Chapter 6 Epilogue Chapter 7 About the Contributors