Richard K. Fenn is Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Christianity and Society, Princeton Theological Seminary. Donald Capps is William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Princeton Theological Seminary.

"The various essays in this book address one of the great deficiencies in the social sciences—an in-depth discussion of soul, transcendence, and the feeling of finitude humans face but which traditional social scientific discussion refuses to consider. The authors point to the acute need to introduce questions of value and transcendence into cultural and academic debate." — Curt Cardorette, University of Rochester"This is a provocative idea and should generate much debate and enthusiasm. Each of the essays is very well written."As a set, these essays argue for the inclusion of the concept of the soul into modern scientific discourse. This is the uniqueness of the text. Fenn's perceptive comments set the tone for the "soul loss" theme to which these essays are collectively a response. That modern scientist would argue for the inclusion of the soul into scientific discourse is itself of major intellectual importance. At a minimum, the controversy such a claim brings to the intellectual community is welcome, especially in a field which some find has become a bit too complacent. I think this text can stimulate some genuine intellectual excitement over the controversial claim that our collective malady as a discipline is indeed loss of the soul." — Ralph W. Hood, Jr. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

• Introduction: Why the Soul? Richard K. Fenn Part I: Soul-Loss and Ritual 1. Soul-Loss in AntiquityRichard K. Fenn 2. BedeviledDavid Martin Part II: Abuse and Soul-Loss 3. Whose Soul Is It Anyway? Domestic Tyranny and the Suffocated SoulBernice Martin 4. Soul-Loss and Sin: A Dance of AlienationSusan L. Nelson Part III: Professional Discourse without Soul 5. Soul Recovery through Remystification: Dostoyevski As a Challenger of Modern PsychologyOwe Wikstrom 6. Enrapt Spirits and the Melancholy: The Locus of Division in the Christian Self and American SocietyDonald Capps 7. Soul-Loss and Religious Consolation in Two LivesSusan Kwilecki Part IV: Soul-Loss, the Decadence of Ritual, and Play 8. Soul-Loss, Sex Magic, and Taboos in Contemporary America: The Death of Rabbit AngstromRoger A. Johnson 9. Desire, Domination, and the Life and Death of the SoulJohn McDargh 10. Soul-Loss RevisitedRichard K. Fenn Index

Richard K. Fenn is Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Christianity and Society, Princeton Theological Seminary. Donald Capps is William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Princeton Theological Seminary.

"The various essays in this book address one of the great deficiencies in the social sciences—an in-depth discussion of soul, transcendence, and the feeling of finitude humans face but which traditional social scientific discussion refuses to consider. The authors point to the acute need to introduce questions of value and transcendence into cultural and academic debate." — Curt Cardorette, University of Rochester"This is a provocative idea and should generate much debate and enthusiasm. Each of the essays is very well written."As a set, these essays argue for the inclusion of the concept of the soul into modern scientific discourse. This is the uniqueness of the text. Fenn's perceptive comments set the tone for the "soul loss" theme to which these essays are collectively a response. That modern scientist would argue for the inclusion of the soul into scientific discourse is itself of major intellectual importance. At a minimum, the controversy such a claim brings to the intellectual community is welcome, especially in a field which some find has become a bit too complacent. I think this text can stimulate some genuine intellectual excitement over the controversial claim that our collective malady as a discipline is indeed loss of the soul." — Ralph W. Hood, Jr. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

• Introduction: Why the Soul? Richard K. Fenn Part I: Soul-Loss and Ritual 1. Soul-Loss in AntiquityRichard K. Fenn 2. BedeviledDavid Martin Part II: Abuse and Soul-Loss 3. Whose Soul Is It Anyway? Domestic Tyranny and the Suffocated SoulBernice Martin 4. Soul-Loss and Sin: A Dance of AlienationSusan L. Nelson Part III: Professional Discourse without Soul 5. Soul Recovery through Remystification: Dostoyevski As a Challenger of Modern PsychologyOwe Wikstrom 6. Enrapt Spirits and the Melancholy: The Locus of Division in the Christian Self and American SocietyDonald Capps 7. Soul-Loss and Religious Consolation in Two LivesSusan Kwilecki Part IV: Soul-Loss, the Decadence of Ritual, and Play 8. Soul-Loss, Sex Magic, and Taboos in Contemporary America: The Death of Rabbit AngstromRoger A. Johnson 9. Desire, Domination, and the Life and Death of the SoulJohn McDargh 10. Soul-Loss RevisitedRichard K. Fenn Index

Richard K. Fenn is Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Christianity and Society, Princeton Theological Seminary. Donald Capps is William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Princeton Theological Seminary.

"The various essays in this book address one of the great deficiencies in the social sciences—an in-depth discussion of soul, transcendence, and the feeling of finitude humans face but which traditional social scientific discussion refuses to consider. The authors point to the acute need to introduce questions of value and transcendence into cultural and academic debate." — Curt Cardorette, University of Rochester"This is a provocative idea and should generate much debate and enthusiasm. Each of the essays is very well written."As a set, these essays argue for the inclusion of the concept of the soul into modern scientific discourse. This is the uniqueness of the text. Fenn's perceptive comments set the tone for the "soul loss" theme to which these essays are collectively a response. That modern scientist would argue for the inclusion of the soul into scientific discourse is itself of major intellectual importance. At a minimum, the controversy such a claim brings to the intellectual community is welcome, especially in a field which some find has become a bit too complacent. I think this text can stimulate some genuine intellectual excitement over the controversial claim that our collective malady as a discipline is indeed loss of the soul." — Ralph W. Hood, Jr. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

• Introduction: Why the Soul? Richard K. Fenn Part I: Soul-Loss and Ritual 1. Soul-Loss in AntiquityRichard K. Fenn 2. BedeviledDavid Martin Part II: Abuse and Soul-Loss 3. Whose Soul Is It Anyway? Domestic Tyranny and the Suffocated SoulBernice Martin 4. Soul-Loss and Sin: A Dance of AlienationSusan L. Nelson Part III: Professional Discourse without Soul 5. Soul Recovery through Remystification: Dostoyevski As a Challenger of Modern PsychologyOwe Wikstrom 6. Enrapt Spirits and the Melancholy: The Locus of Division in the Christian Self and American SocietyDonald Capps 7. Soul-Loss and Religious Consolation in Two LivesSusan Kwilecki Part IV: Soul-Loss, the Decadence of Ritual, and Play 8. Soul-Loss, Sex Magic, and Taboos in Contemporary America: The Death of Rabbit AngstromRoger A. Johnson 9. Desire, Domination, and the Life and Death of the SoulJohn McDargh 10. Soul-Loss RevisitedRichard K. Fenn Index