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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ostow, Mortimer (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2007]
Series:Columbia series in science and religion.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Spirit
  • Mind : the psychodynamics of awe, spirituality, and mysicism
  • 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.