Psychology, Religion and Spirituality |
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| Author:
| Fontana, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-470-79592-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2008 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Digital download |
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Book Description:
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At a time when religious fundamentalism is having a huge impact upon the world, this book helps us to understand how people acquire, conceptualise and practise religion at both personal and social levels. At a time when religious fundamentalism is having a huge impact upon the world, this book helps us to understand how people acquire, conceptualise and practise religion at both personal and social levels.
At a time when religious fundamentalism is having a huge impact upon the world, this book helps us to understand how people acquire, conceptualise and practise religion at both personal and social levels. At a time when religious fundamentalism is having a huge impact upon the world, this book helps us to understand how people acquire, conceptualise and practise religion at both personal and social levels.
- Explores religion both as a social phenomenon and as a form of inner experience.
- Explains why people believe what they do.
- Looks at the effects of religious and spiritual belief upon behaviour, and upon physical and psychological health.
- Outlines the various approaches to religious and spiritual experience.
- Surveys all relevant research.