Synopsis: The emotional separation of boys from their mothers in
early childhood enables them to connect with their fathers and
their fathers' world. But this separation also produces a
melancholic reaction of sadness and sense of loss. Certain
religious sensibilities develop out of this melancholic reaction,
including a sense of honor, a sense of hope, and a sense of humor.
Realizing that they cannot return to their original maternal
environment, men, whether knowingly or not, embark on a lifelong
search for a sense of being at home in the world. At Home in the
World focuses on works of art as a means to explore the formation
and continuing expression of men's melancholy selves and their
religious sensibilities. These explorations include such topics as
male viewers' mixed feelings toward the maternal figure, physical
settings that offer alternatives to the maternal environment, and
the maternal resonances of the world of nature. By presenting
images of the natural world as the locus of peace and contentment,
At Home in the World especially reflects of the religious
sensibility of hope. Endorsement: "Blending art, historical, and
gender sensibilities with psycho-biographic explorations, Capps
invites his readers to be attentive to the subtle display of male
loss and longings in iconic works of art. The joy of discovery is
in no small manner a result of his eloquent writing style, which
proceeds at a contemplative pace while imbued with the sharpness of
psychoanalytic insight." --Bjorn Krondorfer, Endowed Professor of
Religious Studies, Northern Arizona University "Bringing to bear
his years of exploring the inner life and development of boys and
men, Capps seeks to raise the reader's consciousness of one's
melancholic self, how it quietly shapes religious sensibility,
vocation, and cultural expression, and how one's resourceful self
can constructively deal with a long-forgotten loss." --Ryan
LaMothe, Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, St. Meinrad
School of Theology "Capps, the homemaker, advocates genuine and
hopeful action, homemaking, by means of searching for asymmetrical
meanings of the melancholic self, in which joy, woe, humor, and
terror are woven fine. While reading this aesthetic book, you will
certainly feel 'at-homeness' in the uncanniness. I strongly commend
it." --Sang Uk Lee, Associate Professor, Presbyterian College and
Theological Seminary "With nimble reflections that draw on
wide-ranging contributions from psychology, religion, and art,
Capps helps men, and those who live and work with them, understand
their longing to be 'at home in the world, ' and he encourages them
to cultivate and embrace that longing with greater courage and even
joy. A stunning work " --Allan Hugh Cole Jr., Academic Dean and
Professor of Pastoral Care, Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary "With in-depth knowledge, harmonizing originality, and
uncanny clarity, Capps explores the shadows of life and the origins
of male religious sensibility. Psychologists of religion,
personality or psychoanalytic theorists, and art historians and
cultural critics will find Capps a thought-provoking conversation
partner. Reading At Home in the World is a personal event, an
invitation to find hope." --Jaco J. Hamman, Associate Professor of
Religion, Psychology, and Culture, Vanderbilt University Author
Biography: Donald Capps is William Harte Felmeth Professor of
Pastoral Theology Emeritus and Adjunct Professor at Princeton
Theological Seminary. He is the author of Striking Out: The
Religious Journey of Teenage Boys (Cascade Books, 2011) and
Understanding Psychosis (2010), and is coauthor with Nathan Carlin
of Living in Limbo: Life in the Midst of Uncertainty (Cascade
Books, 2010).
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