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Believes that early childhood emotional attachments form the cognitive underpinnings of spiritual experience and religious motivation. Classifying the three parts of the spiritual experience: awe, Spirituality proper, and mysticism, the author discusses the foundations of religious sentiment and the processes associated with spiritual experience.

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Preface 1. Introduction 2. Spirit 3. Mind: The Psychodynamics of Awe, Spirituality, and Mysticism 4. Religion 5. Brain 6. Mood 7. Apocalypse 8. Demonic Spirituality: Infanticide, Self-Sacrifice, and Fundamentalism 9. Analyzing an Account of a Spiritual Experience References Index

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/12/2006
      ISBN13: 9780231139007, 978-0231139007
      ISBN10: 0231139004
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Believes that early childhood emotional attachments form the cognitive underpinnings of spiritual experience and religious motivation. Classifying the three parts of the spiritual experience: awe, Spirituality proper, and mysticism, the author discusses the foundations of religious sentiment and the processes associated with spiritual experience.

      Table of Contents
      Preface 1. Introduction 2. Spirit 3. Mind: The Psychodynamics of Awe, Spirituality, and Mysticism 4. Religion 5. Brain 6. Mood 7. Apocalypse 8. Demonic Spirituality: Infanticide, Self-Sacrifice, and Fundamentalism 9. Analyzing an Account of a Spiritual Experience References Index

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