Inventing God - Psychology of Belief and the Rise of Secular Spirituality

Zusatztext 95843730 Informationen zum Autor Jon Mills , Psy.D., Ph.D., ABPP is a philosopher, psychoanalyst, and clinical psychologist. He is Professor of Psychology & Psychoanalysis at the Adler Graduate Professional School in Toronto and is the author of many books in philosophy, psychoanalysis and psychology. Recipient of many awards for his scholarship, he received the Otto Weininger Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in 2015, given by the Canadian Psychological Association. He runs a mental health corporation in Ontario, Canada. Klappentext In this controversial book, philosopher and psychoanalyst Jon Mills argues that God does not exist; and more provocatively, that God cannot exist as anything but an idea. Zusammenfassung In this controversial book, philosopher and psychoanalyst Jon Mills argues that God does not exist; and more provocatively, that God cannot exist as anything but an idea. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. God as a Metaphysical Question 2. Religion as Naturalized Psychology 3. The Need to Invent God 4. Spirituality without God 5. In Search of the Numinous

Product details

• Authors: Jon Mills, Jon (Adelphi University) Mills
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.07.2016
• EAN: 9781138195745
• ISBN: 978-1-138-19574-5
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, Philosophy, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, RELIGION / Atheism, RELIGION / Agnosticism, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Philosophy of religion, Agnosticism and atheism, Agnosticism & Atheism, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis