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This little volume contains the twenty sixth series of lectures given at Yale University on the Dwight L. Terry Foundation. The present topic “Psychoanalysis and Religion” has been presented ably and logically by Dr. Fromm from a particular point of view. After introducing the subject he proceeds to compare the ideas and pronouncements of Freud and Jung on the meaning of religion and its origins. The third section of the book deals with the analysis of types of religious experieinces and how they operate psychodynamically, and this is followed by a description of the role played by the psychoanalyst as “Physician of the Soul,” and finally by a discussion of the question as to whether psychoanalysis is antagonistic to religious ideas.
The author makes an interesting assessment of the issues between traditional religion and modern philosophical pronouncements on the satisfactions of life that have emanated from psychoanalytic thinking and practice. The book is a valuable addition to a growing body of literature dealing with the relationship between psychiatry and religion. Laymen, as well as theologians and physicians will find it profitable reading, and thought stimulating.