The Oskar Pfister Award was established by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), with the Association of Mental Health Clergy, in 1983 to honor those who have made significant contributions to the field of religion and psychiatry. The recipient delivers a lecture at an APA conference during the year of award although the 2002 lecture was delivered by Susan Larson on behalf of her late husband. The award is named in honor of Oskar Pfister, a chaplain who discussed the religious aspects of psychology with Sigmund Freud.
普菲斯特奧斯卡獎 Oskar Pfister Award由美国精神医学学会和神职心理健康学会于1983年创立,纪念那些在宗教和精神病学领域的突出贡献者。
Award winners Lecture Title
1983 - Jerome D. Frank 杰罗姆·弗兰克
The Threat of Nuclear Annihilation: An Unprecedented Challenge to Psychiatry and Religion
1984 - Wayne Oates
Some Functions of Belief in Illness and Health
1985 - Viktor Frankl
Man in Search of Ultimate Meaning
1986 - Hans Küng
Religion-The Last Taboo: Repression of Religiousness
1987 - Robert Jay Lifton
The Psychology of Genocide
1988 - Oliver Sacks
The Unique Case
1989 - William W. Meissner
The Pathology of Belief Systems
1990 - Peter Gay
A Godless Jew Revisited
1991 - Robert Coles
The Moral and Spiritual Life of Children
1992 - Paulos Mar Gregorios
Religious Masters as Psychiaters: The Threefold Role of Religion in the Healing of the Mind, Body, and Soul in Society
1993 - Paul R. Fleischmann
The Healing Spirit
1994 - James W. Fowler III
Healing Spirit: Psychiatry and the Dynamics of Faith