The Presence and Absence of God in Object Relational and Theological Perspectives

1986 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph L. Underwood
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Object Relations ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
Object Relations Theory ◽  
Presence Of God ◽  
Early Human Development ◽  
Object Relational ◽  
Early Human

In its examination of early personal development, psychoanalytic object relations theory contributes to an understanding of the presence of God in human experience. This contribution is analyzed with reference to the object relational explanations of creativity, person or object centered motivation, and reality experienced as otherness. From the perspective of early human development, object relations theory helps to clarify and confirm Terrien's (1978) interpretation of the presence of God as elusive. Implications of object relations theory for pastoral and clinical practice are briefly noted.

Novel application of three-dimensional HDlive imaging in prenatal diagnosis from the first trimester

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritsuko Kimata Pooh ◽  
Asim Kurjak
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
High Definition ◽  
Noninvasive Diagnostics ◽  
Anatomy And Physiology ◽  
Early Human Development ◽  
2D Ultrasound ◽  
Early Human

AbstractRecent development of three-dimensional (3D) high definition (HD) ultrasound has resulted in remarkable progress in visualization of early embryos and fetuses in sonoembryology. The new technology of HDlive assesses both structural and functional developments in the first trimester with greater reliably than two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound. The ability to visualize not only fetal face, hands, fingers, feet, and toes, but also amniotic membranes, is better with volumetric ultrasound than 2D ultrasound. In this article, detailed and comprehensive structures of normal and abnormal fetuses depicted by 3D HDlive are presented, including various faces of Down’s syndrome and holoprosencephaly, as well as low-set ear and finger/toe abnormalities from the first trimester. Three-dimensional HDlive further “humanizes” the fetus, enables detailed observation of the fetal face in the first trimester as shown in this article, and reveals that a small fetus is not more a fetus but a “person” from the first trimester. There has been an immense acceleration in understanding of early human development. The anatomy and physiology of embryonic development is a field where medicine exerts greatest impact on early pregnancy at present, and it opens fascinating aspects of embryonic differentiation. Clinical assessment of those stages of growth relies heavily on 3D/four-dimensional (4D) HDlive, one of the most promising forms of noninvasive diagnostics and embryological phenomena, once matters for textbooks are now routinely recorded with outstanding clarity. New advances deserve the adjective “breathtaking”, including 4D parallel study of the structural and functional early human development.

scholarly journals Opening the black box: Stem cell–based modeling of human post-implantation development

2018 ◽  
Vol 218 (2) ◽  
pp. 410-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenichiro Taniguchi ◽  
Idse Heemskerk ◽  
Deborah L. Gumucio
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Experimental Models ◽  
Uterine Wall ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Cellular Mechanisms ◽  
Early Human Development ◽  
Post Implantation ◽  
Early Human

Proper development of the human embryo following its implantation into the uterine wall is critical for the successful continuation of pregnancy. However, the complex cellular and molecular changes that occur during this post-implantation period of human development are not amenable to study in vivo. Recently, several new embryo-like human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)–based platforms have emerged, which are beginning to illuminate the current black box state of early human post-implantation biology. In this review, we will discuss how these experimental models are carving a way for understanding novel molecular and cellular mechanisms during early human development.

scholarly journals Development of 3D Ultrasound

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazunori Baba
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Clinical Application ◽  
3D Ultrasound ◽  
Obstetrics And Gynecology ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Early Human Development ◽  
3D Sonography ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Early Human ◽  
Made In

Abstract Significant advances have been made in recent years in clinical application of 3D sonography in both obstetrics and gynecology. Since the author pioneered the use of 3D sonography many new clinical useful techniques have been used for better visualization of early human development and for the diagnostics of many gynecological problems as well as the use of 3D in management of female infertility. In this review we are describing further development in 3D ultrasound, which should be of general interest of readers of this journal.

Object Relations Theory, Mothering, and Religion: Toward a Feminist Psychology of Religion

Horizons ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Jonte-Pace
Keyword(s):  
Object Relations ◽  
Psychology Of Religion ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Object Relations Theory ◽  
Feminist Psychology ◽  
Psychological Understanding ◽  
Relational Perspective ◽  
Psychoanalytic Perspective ◽  
Object Relational ◽  
The Image Of God

AbstractAlthough psychoanalytic object relations theory has been acclaimed for its ability to revitalize the psychological understanding of religion, the implicit sensitivity of object relations theory to feminist concerns has not been recognized. This paper suggests that object relations theory shares with feminist thought three central foci: relationality, mature dependency, and a revaluing of the mother-infant relationship. Through this coincidence of concern object relations theory can move toward a feminist psychology of religion which avoids not only Freud's reductionism toward religion, but also his patricentrism. The psychological antecedents of religious experience, ritual, and the image of God are examined from the object relational perspective, and are located in the maternal-infant matrix. It is suggested that this linkage of culture and mother offers a radical challenge to the psychoanalytic perspective.

The clinical wisdom of Thomas Szasz

Thomas Szasz ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 139-154
Author(s):  
Mantosh J. Dewan ◽  
Eugene A. Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Object Relations ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Object Relations Theory ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Physician Patient Relationship ◽  
Popular Belief ◽  
Patient’S Experience ◽  
Physician Patient ◽  
Thomas Szasz

Besides Szasz’s controversial views are brilliant contributions to clinical practice, including the following examples: (1) He elaborated the physician-patient relationship with three models—“activity-passivity,” “guidance-cooperation,” and “mutual participation.” (2) In The Ethics of Psychoanalysis (1965), he promoted “autonomous psychotherapy,” which involved noncoercive dialogue between therapist and patient that would lead to education and growth for the latter. (3) He argued that transference is part of the analyst’s judgment and the patient’s experience, and that there is a relationship between transference and learning. (4) He used principles of “object relations” theory to explicate deeply the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia. Contrary to popular belief, he was not “antipsychiatry” simpliciter. As a theorist, he clarified language and tried to understand pain. As a practicing clinician, he advocated ways to help people in distress, urged embracing the freedom and autonomy of patients, and treated them as persons with abilities to help themselves.

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