Existential-psychoanalytic reflections on belief and being faith amidst ruins / Brent Potter.
| Author/creator | Potter, Brent |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2026. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: The Ashes of Meaning -- Fragmented Foundations -- Introduction: The Destructive Horizon of the Psyche -- Bion's Concept of Linking and Its Attack -- The Collapse of the Modern Self -- The Return of the Sacred in Ruins -- Memory, Myth, and Mourning -- Winnicott, the True Self, and the Sacred Holding -- Trauma and the Problem of the Psyche -- Jung, the Shadow, and the Recovery of Depth -- Bion, Eigen, and the Language of the Unspeakable -- Tolkien and the Recovery of the Imaginal -- Heidegger and the Broken World -- Freud, Faith, and the Ruins of Illusion -- Theological Psychoanalysis: A New Direction -- After the End: Faith Amidst Ruins -- The Return of the Symbol: Image, Memory, and the Recovery of the Soul -- A Vocation from the Ashes: Becoming in a Time Without Direction -- Faith in Action: Toward a Ruined Ethics of Presence -- The Way Through the Ruins: Living Faithfully Without Arrival -- On the Nature of Evil in the Modern Soul -- Trauma and the Eclipse of Meaning -- The Lost Art of Lament -- A Phenomenology of Anger -- Healing Through the Other: Levinas, Love, and the Face -- The Sacred in the Secular: Finding God Beyond the Walls -- Language, Silence, and the Unspoken -- Time, Eternity, and the Slow Work of the Soul -- The Hidden Wholeness -- Faith and the Fractured World -- The Analyst and the Altar -- The Last Word is not the End -- Case Study: Hope's Orphan -- Clinical-Theological Commentary: Hope in the Abyss -- Theodicy and the Shattering of the Psyche -- The Human Condition -- Conclusion: Notes on Tenderness -- Where We Might Go: Themes and Hopes for Human Growth and Presence. |
| Abstract | "Existential-Psychoanalytic Reflections on Belief offers an exploration of faith not as dogma but as a psychoanalytic and existential phenomenon. Drawing from existential phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and theology, Brent Potter examines how individuals navigate despair, loss, and meaning making today. The book engages deeply with thinkers such as Freud, Jung, Heidegger, Winnicott, Bion, Eigen, Tolkien, and Michael Heiser, weaving together clinical insights and philosophical reflection to offer an integrative approach to faith and human existence. The book argues that faith is not a belief in propositions but a form of lived trust. It is an ethical and emotional disposition that endures in the face of ambiguity. The book also explores the meaning and experience of faith in a world marked by psychological fragmentation, cultural upheaval, and existential crises. Existential-Psychoanalytic Reflections on Belief will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and pastoral counsellors, as well as academics and scholars of theology, philosophy, existential psychology and spirituality. It will also be relevant to anyone seeking to understand the complex interplay between psychological depth and spiritual meaning in the contemporary world"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2026001148 |
| ISBN | 9781041219163 hardback |
| ISBN | 9781041219156 paperback |
| ISBN | ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |