Abstract
After watching an episode from the first season of Mad Men, that cleverly juxtaposed the Catholic Sacrament of Confession and a session with a psychologist, I wondered: are religion and psychology really all that different? After reading Chaim Potok’s 1967 novel The Chosen, I began to think that the perceived differences between these two disciplines were superficial. Psychology and religion both provide people with a valuable way of understanding their relationship to the world around them, in spite of the apparent differences between them. By examining Sigmund Freud and William James’ attitudes toward both religion and psychology and applying these attitudes to the characters in Chaim Potok’s The Chosen, it will be clear how similar these two disciplines are. [excerpt]
DOI
10.5642/lux.201301.18
Recommended Citation
Longobardi, Laura
(2013)
"Mad Men: The Relationship between Psychology and Religion in Chaim Potok’s The Chosen,"
LUX: A Journal of Transdisciplinary Writing and Research from Claremont Graduate University:
Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 18.
Available at:
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/lux/vol2/iss1/18