num_pages: 246
description: Utilizing both clinical material based on the life histories of twenty patients and theoretical insights from the works of Freud, Erikson, Fairbairn, and Winnicott, Ana-Maria Rizzuto examines the origin, development, and use of our God images. Whereas Freud postulated that belief in God is based on a child's idea of his father, Rizzuto argues that the God representation draws from a variety of sources and is a major element in the fabric of one's view of self, others, and the world.
language: English
title: The Birth of the Living God
titlecomplete: The Birth of the Living God
genres: Psychology, Religion, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 41
publisher: University of Chicago Press