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Author Hayward, Rhodri (Rhodri Lloyd)

Title Resisting history : religious transcendence and the invention of the unconscious / Rhodri Hayward
Published Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed by Palgrave, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 147 pages)
Series Encounters
Encounters (Manchester University Press)
Contents The Invention of the Self -- The Invention of the Unconscious -- The Soul Governed -- The Self Triumphant
Summary In this book Rhodri Hayward examines the cumulative attempts of theologians, historians and psychologists to create a consistent and rational narrative capable of containing the inexplicable. He account argues that the psychological theories we routinely use to make sense of supernatural experience were born out of struggles between popular mystics and conservative authorities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Psychology and religion.
Mysticism -- History.
Psychology -- history
Religion and Psychology
RELIGION -- Psychology of Religion.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
Mysticism
Psychology and religion
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781781700778
178170077X
9781847791467
1847791468