Psyche and Spirit Dialectics of Transformation

by Meissner, W. W.; Schlauch, Chris R.; Schlauch, C.R; Rizzuto, A.M; McDermott, B.O, S.J.; Rumble, V; Simon, B; Meissner, W.W, S.J.; Gill-Austtern, B; Kiely, R; Sweeney, E

• ISBN13: 9780761826927
• ISBN10: 0761826920
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-22
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Psyche and Spirit involves a series of interdisciplinary studies of the psychology of religious experience from the vantage point of psychoanalysis, psychology of religion, literary study, philosophy and theology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Prologue	vii
C. R. Schlauch
Part I Theoretical Aspects of Psychic Transformation
Believing, Belief, and Transformational Processes	1	(26)
A.-M. Rizzuto
Passing Over Yet Being Home: Interreligious Encounter and the Transformation of Consciousness	27	(16)
B.O. McDermott
The Varieties of Selves: A Study in Religious Matters	43	(32)
C.R. Schlauch
A Freer Eye: Conflict and Transformation in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis	75	(18)
V. Rumble
Part II Psychic and Spiritual Transformative Action
On Keeping Kosher: Why on Earth Should We Obey These Heaven-Originated Commandments?	93	(26)
B. Simon
Transformative Processes in the Spiritual Exercises	119	(34)
W.W. Meissner
Part III Psychic and Spiritual Transformation in Life Narratives
Becoming She Who Desires: The Transformative Power of Subjectivity in Women's Psychological and Spiritual Experience	153	(22)
B. Gill-Austern
The Pearls of Saint Lawrence: What Ruskin Sees When He Looks at a Picture	175	(24)
R. Kiely
Speculative Theology and the Transformation of Separation and Longing	199	(26)
E. Sweeney
Epilogue	225	(46)
W.W. Meissner
About the Contributors	271