Augustine and Psychology

Sandra Lee Dixon is associate professor of psychology of religion at the University of Denver.John Doody is professor of philosophy and Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences at Villanova University.Kim Paffenroth is professor of religious studies at Iona College.

The essays here show the interface and relevance of psychology to theology (and vice versa), and they do so in a way that will be useful to upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level courses in religious studies. The collection is also useful for presenting classic essays as well as new essays appearing here for the first time.

Chapter 1: The Journey to Simplicity: Augustine and the Plural Experiences of the Soul Todd Breyfogle Chapter 2: Teaching Freud and Interpreting Augustine's Confessions Sandra Lee Dixon Chapter 3: Reading Augustine, Monica, Milan with Attention to Cultural Interpretation and Psychological Theory Sandra Lee Dixon Chapter 4: St. Augustine: Archetypes of Family Anne Hunsaker Hawkins Chapter 5: Between Two Worlds Morton Kelsey Chapter 6: Augustine among the Ancient Therapists Paul R. Kolbet Chapter 7: Augustine and Freud: The Secularization of Self-Deception Margaret R. Miles Chapter 8: Augustine and Dopamine Daniel B. Morehead Chapter 9: Tears of Grief and Joy: Chronological Sequence and the Structure of Confessions, Book 9 Kim Paffenroth Chapter 10: On Seeing the Light: Assessing Psychoanalytic Interpretations of Vision in Augustine's Confessions William B. Parsons Chapter 11: Augustine's Extraordinary Theory of Memory Raymond J. Shaw