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Simo, J. (1983). On Christianity and the Oedipal Winner. Psychoanal. Rev., 70:321-329.

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(1983). Psychoanalytic Review, 70:321-329

On Christianity and the Oedipal Winner

Joseph Simo Author Information

The recent Vatican trial of a liberal theologian, Prof. Hans Kung (after the inquisitorial questioning of another theologian Prof. Scillebeeckx) has renewed worldwide interest in the myth of Jesus and the controversy over its contemporary interpretations. Newsweek (Dec. 29, 1979) devoted its cover story to the search for the “real” Jesus. A couple of weeks later, the movie In Search of the Historical Jesus was released. The “Born Again” religious revival, in private as well as in public life, is a sociological phenomenon of considerable importance.

Christianity, defined as the structure of individual beliefs and social practices centered around the mythological interpretation of Jesus, has been for centuries the most important ideological force in the development of Western culture and society. A wealth of scholarly work has been devoted to the study of the different facets of this contribution. Yet there is a basic aspect of Christianity, namely the unconscio

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