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Explores how religious believers can—and why they should—engage the work of Sigmund Freud, despite his well-known dismissal of faith.Whether Sigmund Freud's theory precludes serious engagement with psychoanalytic theory for those professing faith in the God of the Judeo-Christian tradition has been controversial for years. Coming to terms with Freud's theory has proved difficult for religious believers because of his stance that religious faith is little more than psychological projection. Building on the work of philosopher and theologian Paul Ricoeur, psychoanalyst Ana-Maria Rizzuto, and feminist theorist Judith Van Herik, author Kirk A. Bingaman demonstrates that it is possible and even advantageous for believers to hold their religious faith in dialectical tension with psychoanalysis. Bingaman shows how Freud's critique of religion can enrich and strengthen, rather than destroy, the faith of the believer. What emerges from the author's argument is a creative method for living within the emotional and spiritual tension that develops whenever our belief system is challenged or disrupted.
Kirk A. Bingaman is Director of Satellite Offices for the Lloyd Center Pastoral Counseling Service, an Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at San Francisco Theological Seminary, and an ordained Presbyterian minister.
Acknowledgments Foreword by Diane Jonte-Pace Introduction BackgroundDifferent Fields and DisciplinesMethodology 1. Freud’s Interpretation of Religion The Defining Moment of DevelopmentGender AsymmetryThe Need for ReligionReligion’s Primitive Beginnings 2. What Freud Can and Cannot Teach the Religious Believer The "Text" of ConsciousnessThe "Text" of Religious FaithFaith and Personal TransformationThe Limitations of a Freudian Interpretation 3. The Psychical Role of God The Freud of Object Relations, the Oedipus Complex, and Family RelationsThe Freud of Science, Intellect, and RealityThe Importance of Psychical Reality 4. The Relation Between Religious and Gender Psychology Masculinity and the Reality PrincipleFemininity and the Pleasure PrincipleFemininity and Religious Faith 5. Beyond Either-Or: Toward a Constructive Reengagement with Freud Methodological StrategiesSomething Resembling Psychical Splitting? Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
