Monsters of the Brain, Images of the Deity: Psychology and Religion in the Eighteenth Century

The article focuses on the features of the modern concept of religion, interiority, and plurality. Topics discussed include the emergence of vision of human interiority in the later seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the importance of experience as the root of knowledge, and religion degene...

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Main Author: Fong, Benjamin Y. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press [2018]
In: The journal of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 98, Issue: 4, Pages: 517-541
Further subjects:B Theology
B Religious Studies
B Religion
B Anthropology
B Freedom Of Religion
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Summary:The article focuses on the features of the modern concept of religion, interiority, and plurality. Topics discussed include the emergence of vision of human interiority in the later seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the importance of experience as the root of knowledge, and religion degenerate into emotional fanaticism and false enthusiasm.
ISSN:1549-6538
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/698976