The Gift of Sublimation: A Psychoanalytic Study of Multiple Masculinities - Couverture souple

Capps, Donald; Carlin, Nathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0718894146 ISBN 13 : 9780718894146

Editeur : Lutterworth Press, 2015

Synopsis

Today, diversity of gender and sexuality is beginning to be recognized and celebrated, even while many religious denominations still resist these cultural changes. The Gift of Sublimation offers pastoral interpretations of these social shifts in thelight of psychological principles, and argues that there is, historically, not only one view of masculinity but multiple conceptions. This discussion covers topics as diverse as the moral disapproval of masturbation; the efforts of some churches to convince homosexual men to adopt a heterosexual orientation; the dynamics of male envy of female longevity; the homosexual tendencies of King James I of England and VI of Scotland; and biblical portraits of God's body, gender, and sexuality. Nathan Carlin and Donald Capps make special use of the psychoanalytic concept of sublimation: the redirection of sexual desires that are considered unacceptable or unworthy towards interests and aspirations that are considered acceptable and worthy. While the use of psychoanalytic hermeneutics here is likely to raise various red flags for potential religious readers, especially for those who have been informed that Sigmund Freud was hostile towards religion, this book presents a rather different view, focussing on religious sublimation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Donald Capps is Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Psychology and Adjunct Professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of many books, including several also published by The Lutterworth Press: At Home in the World (2013), The Resourceful Self (2015) and Still Growing (2015).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lutterworth Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0718894146
• ISBN 13: 9780718894146
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 203
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• Personne responsable: non disponible