Author:
Granqvist, Pehr, author.
ImprintNew York : The Guilford Press, [2020]
Descriptionxvi, 424 pages ; 24 cm
Note:Normative features of attachment -- God as a noncorporeal attachment figure -- Religious and spiritual development in relation to attachment maturation -- Individual differences in attachment -- The correspondence pathway -- The compensation pathway -- Religion as attachment in relation to mental health -- Altered spiritual states, dissociation, and attachment disorganization -- Attachment theory and the psychology and psychoanalysis of religion -- Attachment and the evolutionary cognitive neuroscience of religion -- God versus the welfare state.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-407) and index.
Note:"The primary aim of this book is to examine the ways in which aspects of religion and spirituality are linked to emotional attachment processes and close relationships."-- Provided by publisher.