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Is Faith Delusion? : Why Religion Is Good for Your Health.

Is faith delusion? Is religion bad for your health? How, in a scientifically and technologically advanced age, can people still believe in God/spirit/'other'? Clearly not all believers are primitive and ill-educated; an alternative explanation is that they must be mad, or at least severely...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sims, A. C. P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Intro; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 'Psyche' means more than mind; 2 What is Christian faith?; 3 Why the warfare?; 4 Psychiatry, science and faith; 5 Can religion damage your health?; 6 Delusion is a psychiatric term; 7 The Intersection of Psychiatry and Belief; 8 Inner and outer demons; 9 Personality and personality disorder; 10 Resolving the question; Epilogue; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y. 
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