Spirit, mind, & brain a psychoanalytic examination of spirituality and religion

Preeminent psychoanalyst Mortimer Ostow believes that early childhood emotional attachments form the cognitive underpinnings of spiritual experience and religious motivation. His hypothesis, which is verifiable, relies on psychological and neurobiological evidence but is respectful of the human need...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ostow, Mortimer (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press c2007.
Colección:Columbia series in science and religion.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798394606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Spirit
  • Mind
  • Religion
  • Spirituality and religion
  • The human-divine encounter : a developmental, epigenetic scheme
  • The qualities of God
  • Brain
  • Mood regulation
  • Apocalypse
  • Demonic spirituality : infanticide, self-sacrifice, and fundamentalism
  • Analyzing an account of a spiritual experience.