Relating to God: Clinical Psychoanalysis, Spirituality, and Theism (New Imago)

Relating to God: Clinical Psychoanalysis, Spirituality, and Theism (New Imago)

In Relating to God: Clinical Psychoanalysis, Spirituality, and Theism, Dan Merkur conceptualizes religious discourse within psychoanalysis. He proposes that God be treated as a transferential figure whose analysis leads to a reduction of the parental content that is projected onto God. Merkur notes that religious conversion experiences regularly involve theological intuitions that are either rational or, owing to morbid complications, have undergone displacement into irrational symbolism. Ana…

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