ABSTRACT
Initially, a critical look at the first psychoanalysis and faith dialogue by Freud and Pfister. Except when referring to the illusion concept, that first confrontation stayed essentially within pre-psychoanalytic, illustrated thought parameters. It follows a panoramic review of the more significant contributions from the psychoanalytic area to religious questions by diverse European and American thinkers. An account is given later of the various reactions generated in the theological field by the impact of psychoanalytic postulates on religion. In conclusion, the fundamental thesis of the present work: the interminable character that, by its very essence, must be assumed for any possible dialogue between psychoanalysis and religious belief.
