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Author Kirkpatrick, Lee A., 1958-

Title Attachment, evolution, and the psychology of religion / Lee A. Kirkpatrick
Published New York : Guilford Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 400 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction to attachment theory -- God as an attachment figure -- More on religion as an attachment process: some extensions and limitations -- Individual differences in attachment and religion: the correspondence hypothesis -- God as a substitute attachment figure: The compensation hypothesis -- Attachment in context: introduction to evolutionary psychology -- Attachment theory in modern evolutionary perspective -- Religion: adaptation or evolutionary by-product -- Beyond attachment: religion and other evolved psychological mechanisms -- The cognitive origins of religious belief -- Beyond genes: learning, rationality, and culture -- Toward an evolutionary psychology of religion
Summary In this book, Lee Kirkpatrick addresses essential questions and more, establishing a framework for approaching the psychology of religion from an evolutionary perspective
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-386) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Psychology, Religious.
Attachment behavior.
Evolutionary psychology.
Object Attachment
psychology of religion.
RELIGION -- Psychology of Religion.
Attachment behavior
Evolutionary psychology
Psychology, Religious
Gehechtheid.
Geloof.
Evolutionary psychology.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781593858971
1593858973
1281227897
9781281227898