A Godless Jew: Freud, Atheism and the Making of Psychoanalysis

＂A concise, pointed historical inquiry into Freud’s atheism and Jewish cultural identity and their role in his development of psychoanalysis.＂-Library Journal ＂A lucid, occasionally provocative close-up of Freud-as-nonbeliever, enhanced by Gay’s suave, broadly allusive handling of the historical and theological contexts.＂-Kirkus Reviews ＂In this valuable essay, Gay . . . brings great sensitivity and insight to a debate that still persists in some quarters.＂-Publishers Weekly ＂Freud . . . would have enjoyed Peter Gay’s book.＂-John C. Marshall, New York Times Book Review ＂Freud himself asked why psychoanalysis had to be created by a ’completely godless Jew.’ Gay elegantly and convincingly answers his question.＂-Choice ＂It is an important and welcome contribution to the vast literature that already exists on Freud and the movement that he founded.＂-Lee Dembart, Los Angeles Times Published in association with the Hebrew Union College Press