Convergence
Maturation and Integration in the Course of a Religious Conversion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20325707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mariam Cohen (Southwest Center for Psychoanalytic Studies; Institute for Behavioral Medicine, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 383-400 |
| Publication date | 2002-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-3604 • E-ISSN: 1943-2860 |
| Publisher | Guilford Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1521/jaap.30.3.383.21969 |
| PMID | 12389513 |
| OpenAlex | W2132314604 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The process of religious conversion has not been the focus of psychoanalytic understanding. This article examines one conversion narrative, a spiritual autobiography, in which, the author asserts, evidence can be found that the conversion described involved a process of maturation of the subject's internal god-representation, with an integration of maternal and paternal aspects of that internal object representation. Such a process as one aspect of a religious conversion, has implications for psychoanalytic work with religious patients, including the necessity of acknowledging the psychological and deeply believed reality of God for religious patients
Art · Biography · Convergence (economics) · Epistemology · Focus (optics) · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Object (grammar) · Process (computing) · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Religious conversion · Representation (politics) · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |