![]() ![]() It also seems that religious ideas and imagery featured prominently in the neuroses of some of his patients. It is likely that during his childhood he had a basic acquaintance with the teachings of Judaism and Christianity. Once Freud had developed the basic ideas of psychoanalysis he found religion a promising subject of study. ![]() Moses and Monotheism will not feature in this post and will be explored in a subsequent entry. ![]() There is a third: Moses and Monotheism (1939). Freud’s engagement with religion was not limited to these two books. We return to these criticisms and limitations, as well as to Freud’s theories on religion presented in two important works: Totem and Taboo (1913) and The Future of an Illusion (1927). There we concluded that his theory holds little value as a theory of religion given Freud’s own clear philosophical convictions and his goal to explain religion away rather than explain religion itself. We previously produced a shorter version of Sigmund Freud’s (1856-1939) theory of religion as it is of use to Religious Studies as an academic discipline. ![]()
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