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"This book] initiate[s] the psychological study of religion, paving the way for Freud and Jung as well as for clinical and paranormal branches of psychology. Written with humor and erudition, its theories of conversion, saintliness, ecstasy and mysticism continue to provoke controversy and enquiry. The book remains the best introduction to James's thought, demonstrating his characteristic insistence upon the importance of personal experience and his...
3) God's brain
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Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2010
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256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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In a concise, lively, accessible, and witty style, the authors combine zoom-lens vignettes of religious practices with discussions of the latest research on religion's neurological effects on the brain. Among other topics, they consider religion's role in providing positive socialization, its seeming obsession with regulating sex, how religion's rules of behavior influence the law, the common biological scaffolding between nonhuman primates and humans...
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Library of America volume 38
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Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
c1987
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1379 p. ; 21 cm.
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Ediciones Urano
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2023.
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316 pages ; 22 cm
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"De que materia esta hecha el alma humana? Thomas Moore, autor de algunas de las obras mas relevantes de nuestra epoca sobre psicologia profunda, dedica su nuevo titulo al arte y el oficio de atender las necesidades del alma. A diferencia de la terapia convencional, que se centra en proponer cambios conductuales para resolver problemas concretos, Thomas Moore propone abordar la curacion de la mente y el cuerpo desde la dimension mas espiritual e insondable...
9) Prayer
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
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[2014]
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414 pages ; 24 cm
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"From New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr comes an amazing departure: an intense psychological thriller, sure to garner even more acclaim for this powerhouse author on the rise. Gil Martins, an agent with the FBI's Domestic Terrorism Unit in Houston, confronts the violence generated by extremism within our nation's borders every day. He sees hatred and destruction wrought by every kind of "ism" there is, and the zealots who kill in their...
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We congratulate ourselves when we resist the donut in the office breakroom. We celebrate our restraint when we hold back from sending an email in anger. We feel virtuous when we wake up at dawn to get a jump on the day. We put others' needs ahead of ourown and believe this makes us exemplary. In On Our Best Behavior, journalist Elise Loehnen explains that these impulses--often lauded as unselfish, distinctly feminine instincts--are actually ingrained...
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