Christianity and Fear

A Study in History and in the Psychology and Hygiene of Religion
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-62523-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 592 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1045 g

Originally published in 1948, Christianity and Fear explores the nature and history of Christian love in relation to the problem of fear.

Based on methods of depth psychology and mental hygiene, the book argues for the necessity of a general concentration of the Christian religion and way of life upon the unity of love through faith and faith through love. It presents the struggle between the teaching of Christian love and the many instances of disputes on dogma that have prompted hatred and fear throughout ecclesiastical history. By using the theory of fear and compulsions, it attempts to explain the directions assumed by these aberrations in Christian history and to highlight love as the essence of the teaching of Jesus.

Christianity and Fear will appeal to those with an interest in the history of Christianity, theology, and the psychology of religion.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pfister, Oscar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Theologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Religionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: The Theory of Fear; Part One A: Fear in Neurotic and in Normal Individuals; Part One B: Fear as a Problem of Collective Psychology; Part Two: Historical; The Solution and Formation of Fear in the History of Judaeo-Christian Religion; Part Three: The Hygiene of Religion; The Fundamental Solution of the Problem of Fear through Christianity

Über Autor(innen)

Oskar Pfister