Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Faith Amidst Ruins
Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
ISBN: 978-1-041-21916-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Existential-Psychoanalytic Reflections on Belief offers an exploration of faith not as dogma but as a psychoanalytic and existential phenomenon.
Drawing from existential phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and theology, Brent Potter examines how individuals navigate despair, loss, and meaning making today. The book engages deeply with thinkers such as Freud, Jung, Heidegger, Winnicott, Bion, Eigen, Tolkien, and Michael Heiser, weaving together clinical insights and philosophical reflection to offer an integrative approach to faith and human existence. The book argues that faith is not a belief in propositions but a form of lived trust. It is an ethical and emotional disposition that endures in the face of ambiguity. The book also explores the meaning and experience of faith in a world marked by psychological fragmentation, cultural upheaval, and existential crises.
Existential-Psychoanalytic Reflections on Belief will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and pastoral counsellors, as well as academics and scholars of theology, philosophy, existential psychology and spirituality. It will also be relevant to anyone seeking to understand the complex interplay between psychological depth and spiritual meaning in the contemporary world.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Professional Reference
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Seelsorge, Pastoraltheologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Soziallehre und Sozialethik, Pastoral und Seelsorge
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Ashes of Meaning
Chapter 2. Fragmented Foundations
Chapter 3. Introduction: The Destructive Horizon of the Psyche
Chapter 4. Bion’s Concept of Linking and Its Attack
Chapter 5. The Collapse of the Modern Self
Chapter 6. The Return of the Sacred in Ruins
Chapter 7. Memory, Myth, and Mourning
Chapter 8. Winnicott, the True Self, and the Sacred Holding
Chapter 9. Trauma and the Problem of the Psyche
Chapter 10. Jung, the Shadow, and the Recovery of Depth
Chapter 11. Bion, Eigen, and the Language of the Unspeakable
Chapter 12. Tolkien and the Recovery of the Imaginal
Chapter 13. Heidegger and the Broken World
Chapter 14. Freud, Faith, and the Ruins of Illusion
Chapter 15. Theological Psychoanalysis: A New Direction
Chapter 16. After the End: Faith Amidst Ruins
Chapter 17. The Return of the Symbol: Image, Memory, and the Recovery of the Soul
Chapter 18. A Vocation from the Ashes: Becoming in a Time Without Direction
Chapter 19. Faith in Action: Toward a Ruined Ethics of Presence
Chapter 20. The Way Through the Ruins: Living Faithfully Without Arrival
Chapter 21. On the Nature of Evil in the Modern Soul
Chapter 22. Trauma and the Eclipse of Meaning
Chapter 23. The Lost Art of Lament
Chapter 24. A Phenomenology of Anger
Chapter 25. Healing Through the Other: Levinas, Love, and the Face
Chapter 26. The Sacred in the Secular: Finding God Beyond the Walls
Chapter 27. Language, Silence, and the Unspoken
Chapter 28. Time, Eternity, and the Slow Work of the Soul
Chapter 29. The Hidden Wholeness
Chapter 30. Faith and the Fractured World
Chapter 31. The Analyst and the Altar
Chapter 32. The Last Word is not the End
Chapter 33. Case Study: Hope’s Orphan
Chapter 34. Clinical-Theological Commentary: Hope in the Abyss
Chapter 35. Theodicy and the Shattering of the Psyche
Chapter 36. The Human Condition
Chapter 37. Conclusion: Notes on Tenderness
Chapter 38. Where We Might Go: Themes and Hopes for Human Growth and Presence
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