Ostow Spirit, Mind, and Brain

A Psychoanalytic Examination of Spirituality and Religion
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-231-51120-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

Reihe: Columbia Series in Science and Religion

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Ostow, Mortimer

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Spirit
3. Mind: The Psychodynamics of Awe, Spirituality, and Mysticism
4. Religion
5. Brain
6. Mood
7. Apocalypse
8. Demonic Spirituality: Infanticide, Self-Sacrifice, and Fundamentalism
9. Analyzing an Account of a Spiritual Experience
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mortimer Ostow was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst whose experience included the last three major revolutions in psychiatry: psychoanalysis, psychopharmacology, and neuroscience. As emeritus professor of pastoral psychiatry at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, he saw himself as an informed amateur in the field of religion.