THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE RELIGIONS.
What does psychology say about religion?
Harking back to Sigmund Freud, some psychologists have characterized religious beliefs as pathological, seeing religion as a malignant social force that encourages irrational thoughts and ritualistic behaviors.
What are the theories of psychology of religion?
The views of these seven theorists on religion are deduced from varying schools of personality theory—psychoanalytic, archetypal, humanistic and existential—and, therefore, offer us ways of understanding religion in the context of differing modes of human self-understanding.
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