Psychoanalysis and Religion Author:Erich Fromm In this major work, Erich Fromm calls on both priest and analyst to answer the challenge of technocracy's spiritual wasteland. Refuting the argument that religion and psychoanalysis are irreconcilable foes, Fromm analysis the universal human needs that *underlie all theological doctrines. He depicts modern religion faced with a choice between fo... more »stering authoritarian dogmas, which cripple man's self-realization, and promoting the ideals of truth and love of the great prophets and teachers of the East and West. In turn, he warns psychoanalysis and religion united in the search for man's highest spiritual good, "the soul of man and his cure."« less