Resisting history Religious transcendence and the invention of the unconscious.
Hayward, Rhodri.
Resisting history Religious transcendence and the invention of the unconscious. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (161 pages) - Encounters .
Includes bibliographies and index.
9780719074141; 9780719074141; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 The invention of the self; 2 The invention of the unconscious; 3 The soul governed; 4 The self triumphant; Index.
How can historians make sense of visions, hauntings and demonic possession? Do miraculous events have any place in a world governed by cause and effect? In Resisting history, Rhodri Hayward examines the cumulative attempts of theologians, historians and psychologists to create a consistent and rational narrative capable of containing the inexplicable. This lucid and provocative 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. Hayward?s lively analysis of the.
9781847791467
Mysticism--History.
Psychology--History.
Psychology and religion.
Self--Historiography.
Supernatural--Historiography.
Subconsciousness--Historiography.
Electronic Books.
BF51 / .R475 2007
Resisting history Religious transcendence and the invention of the unconscious. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (161 pages) - Encounters .
Includes bibliographies and index.
9780719074141; 9780719074141; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 The invention of the self; 2 The invention of the unconscious; 3 The soul governed; 4 The self triumphant; Index.
How can historians make sense of visions, hauntings and demonic possession? Do miraculous events have any place in a world governed by cause and effect? In Resisting history, Rhodri Hayward examines the cumulative attempts of theologians, historians and psychologists to create a consistent and rational narrative capable of containing the inexplicable. This lucid and provocative 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. Hayward?s lively analysis of the.
9781847791467
Mysticism--History.
Psychology--History.
Psychology and religion.
Self--Historiography.
Supernatural--Historiography.
Subconsciousness--Historiography.
Electronic Books.
BF51 / .R475 2007