Oct 04, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

RE 422 Religion and Personality: Psychology of Religion


Is religion beneficial or harmful to mental health? Does religion balance and heal the self or it is a wish fulfillment, an illusion and neurosis? The conflict between Freud and Jung over the nature of religion is examined. The course explores Fowler and faith and the stages of religious development, James and altered states of consciousness, Maslow and peak experiences, cognitive psychology and Buddhism, and the role of the brain in religious experiences. The potential therapeutic effects of religious experience are assessed.