ABSTRACT

This book vigorously engages Lacan with a spiritual tradition that has yet to be thoroughly addressed within psychoanalytic literature—the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition.

The book offers a unique engagement with a faith system that highlights and extends analytic thinking. For those in formation within the Orthodox tradition, this book brings psychoanalytic insights to bear on matters of faith that may at times seem opaque or difficult to understand. Ultimately, the authors seek to elicit in the reader the reflective and contemplative posture of Orthodoxy, as well as the listening ear of analysis, while considering the human subject.

This work is relevant and important for those training in psychoanalysis and Orthodox theology or ministry, as well as for those interested in the intersection between psychoanalysis and religion.

part 1I|87 pages

chapter Chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|29 pages

Lacanian psychoanalysis

An overview

chapter Chapter 3|16 pages

Eastern Orthodox Christian theology

An overview

chapter Chapter 4|34 pages

Lacanian psychoanalysis and Christianity

part 89II|77 pages

chapter Chapter 5|17 pages

Oedipus at Eden

chapter Chapter 6|13 pages

God in analysis

chapter Chapter 7|20 pages

Jouissance and the body of the Church

chapter Chapter 8|7 pages

The ethics of Orthodoxy

chapter Chapter 9|15 pages

Ego and ego fate

chapter Chapter 10|3 pages

Concluding reflections