Birth of the Living God: A Psychoanalytic Study

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.


Author: Ana-Marie Rizzuto
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 03/15/1981
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.04w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9780226721026
ISBN10: 0226721027
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Movements | Psychoanalysis
- Religion | Comparative Religion
- Religion | Religion & Science

About the Author
Ana-MariaRizzuto, M.D. is training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Institute of New England, East.