Beyond Yahweh and Jesus
Subtitle: bringing death's wisdom to faith, spirituality, and psychoanalysis
By: Robert Langs.
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780765705310; 9780765705327
Subjects: Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; Death -- Psychological aspects.; Psychoanalysis and religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index.
Table of contents: value: Prologue: My appointment in Samara; value: The first question and God's answer; value: The first question and Eve's answer; value: Death anxiety and divine wisdom; value: Augustine's version of Adam's sin; value: Eve's motives; value: Cain and Abel; value: Augustine's reliving of the sin of Cain; value: The failure to master death anxiety : Yahweh; value: Resolving death anxiety : Jesus Christ; value: The failure of religious beliefs; value: Why psychoanalysis failed religion; value: The future of religious and secular spirituality.