bringing death's wisdom to faith, spirituality, and psychoanalysis /
Robert Langs
Lanham, Md. :
Jason Aronson,
c2008
xvii, 201 p. ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index
Prologue: My appointment in Samara -- The first question and God's answer -- The first question and Eve's answer -- Death anxiety and divine wisdom -- Augustine's version of Adam's sin -- Eve's motives -- Cain and Abel -- Augustine's reliving of the sin of Cain -- The failure to master death anxiety : Yahweh -- Resolving death anxiety : Jesus Christ -- The failure of religious beliefs -- Why psychoanalysis failed religion -- The future of religious and secular spirituality