Reconfiguring the Emotions in the Psychology of Religion
Watts's general proposition that the psychology of emotion is a particularly relevant area for the psychology of religion is endorsed, but challenged. Although emotions are a part of religion, and share certain structural similarities with religion, they can hardly be conceived of as a model fo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1996
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1996, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 165-173 |
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| Summary: | Watts's general proposition that the psychology of emotion is a particularly relevant area for the psychology of religion is endorsed, but challenged. Although emotions are a part of religion, and share certain structural similarities with religion, they can hardly be conceived of as a model for religion in the broad human-cultural sense of the term. Similarly, while the disruptive and creative nature of emotions, in addition to the functional, is supported, Watts appears to be unaware of recent theoretical and clinical studies relevant to his argument based on hermeneutical approaches, espe- cially the work of Antoine Vergote on guilt in both its literal and metaphoric sense in human and religious experience. |
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| ISSN: | 1532-7582 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0603_4 |