The Place of Religiosity and Spirituality in Frankl’s Logotherapy
Distinguishing Salvific and Hygienic Objectives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20306258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joaquín García‐Alandete (0000-0003-0769-4060, Universitat de València, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 6-30 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion and Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4197 • E-ISSN: 1573-6571 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10943-023-01760-4 |
| PMID | 36749460 |
| OpenAlex | W4319333825 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 41 |
The relationship between psychology and religion has been widely debated in the field of psychology from its foundation as an empirical science to the present day. One author who was interested in the relationship between psychology and religion, the place of the latter in human nature, and its role in psychotherapy was the Viennese neurologist, psychiatrist, and philosopher Viktor Emil Frankl (1905–1997), the founder of logotherapy. This paper presents Frankl’s main ideas about religion, the religious nature of the human being, and the relationship between religiosity, psychotherapy, and logotherapy, as well as a review of the main criticisms he has received in this regard. Frankl always defended the differences and limits between religion and psychotherapy, between the priestly cure of souls and the medical cure of souls, and between the salvific objective of religion and the hygienic objective of psychotherapy. In our opinion, critical authors have failed to appreciate Frankl’s efforts to expose this distinction
Alternative medicine · Epistemology · Human being · Humanity · Logotherapy · Meaning (existential) · Psychoanalysis · Psychology of religion · Psychotherapist · Religiosity · Spirituality · Theology · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
Religion and Psychology
Existence
The varieties of religious experience
Beyond Freedom and Dignity
Psychiatry and man's quest for meaning
On the Place of Religion in the Thought of Viktor Frankl
Frankl, Adler, and spirituality
Logotherapy as a bridge between religion and psychotherapy
Logotherapy as a pastoral tool
The challenge of logotherapy
Logotherapy and Eastern religions
What to Do When there is Nothing to Do
Transcending the angel beast
On logotherapy and Existential Analysis
Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality
The individual and his religion
Personal meaning as therapy
Logotherapy and the challenge of suffering
Viktor Frankl — Opposing Views
Response To Bulka's Article
Reply to Rollo May
Psychoanalysis and Religion
The Spirit of Logotherapy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |