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In September, 1219, as the armies of the Fifth Crusade besieged the Egyptian city of Damietta, Francis of Assisi went to Egypt to preach to Sultan al-Malik al-Kâmil.
Although we in fact know very little about this event, this has not prevented artists and writers from...
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OUP Oxford
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2009-03-26
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This investigation of religion by greatest psychoanalyst of the twentieth-century explores the role faith can take in the life of man, what it can mean to us and why as a species we are inclined towards it. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They...
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Penguin
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2008-08-07
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How can people believe that the supernatural end of the world lies just around the corner when, so far, every such prediction has been proved wrong? Some scholars argue that millenarians are psychologically disturbed; others maintain that their dreams of paradise on...
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Oxford University Press
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2005-04-21
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Why would anyone seek out the very experience the rest of us most wish to avoid?Why would religious worshipers flog or crucify themselves, sleep on spikes, hang suspended by their flesh, or walk for miles through scorching deserts with bare and bloodied feet?
In this...
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Oxford University Press
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2003-10-30
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Why would anyone seek out the very experience the rest of us most wish to avoid?Why would religious worshipers flog or crucify themselves, sleep on spikes, hang suspended by their flesh, or walk for miles through scorching deserts with bare and bloodied feet?
In this...
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Oxford University Press
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2003-10-30
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In recent years, eating disorders among American girls and women have become a subject of national concern. Conventional explanations of eating problems are usually framed in the language of psychology, medicine, feminism, or sociology. Although they differ in theory...
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Oxford University Press
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1999-09-02
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Including revisions and corrections to the text, this latest revised edition investigates the foundation of Christianity, and explores the development of the essential structure through which it has influenced subsequent religious and secular history.
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OUP Oxford
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1993-06-25
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This is an interdisciplinary collection of previously unpublished papers on the controversial relationship between religious behavior and mental health. Schumaker has assembled a distinguished international roster of contributors--sociologists and anthropologists as...
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Oxford University Press
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1992-10-15
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At his death in 1987, Paul W. Pruyser of the Menninger Foundation was widely recognized as one of America's foremost authorities on the psychology of religion. His book A Dynamic Psychology of Religion set the stage for creative dialogue on the subject. In this volume,...
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Oxford University Press
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1991-08-15
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One of the foremost spokesmen for the Third Force movement in psychology, Abraham H. Maslow here articulates one of his prominent theses: the "religious" experience is a rightful subject for scientific investigation and speculation and, conversely, the "scientific...
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Rare Treasure Editions
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2021-11-09
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