Resisting history Religious transcendence and the invention of the unconscious.

By:

Hayward, Rhodri [Author]

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781847791467

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

BF51 .R475 2007

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Subject: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	BF51 .39 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn818847281

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.

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