Freud and Jung on religion / Michael Palmer.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-228) and indexes.

Part 1 Sigmund Freud: psychoanalysis and religion. -- 1 Introduction. -- 2 Totem and taboo. -- 3 Religion and illusion. -- 4 Forms of religious neurosis. -- 5 A critical appraisal. -- Part 2 Carl Gustav Jung: analytical psychology and religion. -- 6 Introduction. -- 7 The structure of the psyche. -- 8 God as archetype of the collective unconscious. -- 9 God and individuation. -- 10 A critical appraisal

'Michael Palmer provides a detailed account of two of the most important theories of religion in the history of psychology--those of Freud and Jung.

The book first analyzes Freud's claim that religion is an obsessional neurosis, a psychological illness fueled by sexual repression. He then considers Jung's rejection of Freud's theory, and his own assertion that it is the absence of religion, not its presence, which leads to neurosis.'

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