Psychodynamics in Tillich's theology

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1973 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Journal of Religion & Health, volume 12, pages 342-353 (issn: 0022-4197, eissn: 1573-6571,

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Authors: O S, Walters;

doi: 10.1007/bf01532423

pmid: 24415144

Psychodynamics in Tillich's theology

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Paul Tillich was keenly interested in depth psychology. His theological writings are sprinkled with psychodynamic terms and concepts. He has been credited with having "explored depth psychology more thoroughly than any other theologian"1 and with having made "a profound analysis of the interrelationship between psychiatry and religion."2 Tillich's involvement in depth psychology extended over a long pe riod, beginning with lectures on the subject at the University of Berlin in 1919. He frequently expressed the conviction that the material produced by psychoanalysis should be used by the theologian. In an autobio graphical sketch he wrote:

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