Adieu to God

Why Psychology Leads to Atheism

Mick Power (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2012
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-470-66994-5 (ISBN)

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Religion clings to the supernatural for psychological comfort. In Adieu to God, Mick Powers provides a fair and balanced exploration of why this continues to be the case despite science's repeated disproval of supernatural forces.

Adieu to God examines atheism from a psychological perspective and reveals how religious phenomena and beliefs are psychological rather than supernatural in origin.

Answers the psychological question of why, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary, do religions continue to prosper?
Looks at atheism and religion using a fair and balanced approach based on the latest work in psychology, sociology, anthropology, psychiatry and medicine
Acknowledges the many psychological benefits of religion while still questioning the validity of its supernatural belief systems and providing atheist alternatives to a fulfilling life

Mick Power is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, as well as a practicing Clinical Psychologist who has worked at Guy's Hospital and Maudsley and Bethlem Hospitals. Raised as a Catholic, Power became an atheist at 16.

Preface ix 1. A Short History of Religion 1

2. The Psychology of Religion—The Varieties of Normal Experience 33

3. The Psychology of Religion—The Varieties of Abnormal Experience 61

4. Social Structures and Religion 89

5. Religion, Power, and Control 113

6. Religion and Health 141

7. How to Be a Healthy Atheist 167

References 181

Author Index 191

Subject Index 195

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.2.2012
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 230 mm
Gewicht	277 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	0-470-66994-2 / 0470669942
ISBN-13	978-0-470-66994-5 / 9780470669945
Zustand	Neuware