Psychology of religion

Ideologies act as mindsets from which the constituents of an institution must think from. These ideologies could be established through mechanisms such as checklists in Wall Street or the specific rituals which make up a particular religion. And while institutions try to make an attempt to evoke some sort of individuality within its people, the institutions rarely accomplishes it because this initiation of individuality would just end up becoming another requirement that all participating…

scholarly study of African American religion in the United States as well as an early proponent of Black Theology. His experiences in the Italian campaign during World War II prompted him to become a minister as a means to address human cruelty. Wilmore has conducted extensive research on social ethics, African Americans in the Presbyterian Church, and ecumenism. His first book was The Secular Relevance of the Church (Westminster 1962). In his now-classic Black Religion and Black Radicalism: An…

and Punishment From Rodion Raskolnikov’s psychological struggles to the turmoil of the socio-political influences exerted on Russia by the Eastern and Western world, Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment deals with dualities of many natures. Religion, a prominent motif in the text, also has duality, as portrayed through Sonia Marmeladov. Through Sonia’s characterization as a religious figure, her actions and circumstances reflect on the Russian Orthodox Christian Church. From her external…

tell us about Greek religion and culture. It is clear that Greek myths help shape and define the way that Greek religion, along with culture, are looked at today. There are different aspects that can be examined in order to explain the reasoning to how Greek myths shape religion and culture. The following aspects will be further looked at to help explain the reasoning: Greek religion in a psychological viewpoint, rituals, myths, ancestry, and lastly Greek plays. Greek religion can be viewed…

Temple of the Fire Baptized, struggles with his religious identity yet projects an image of a virtuous preacher to his community. Through word choice and narration styles, Baldwin unravels this conflicted identity and provides insight into Gabriel’s psychology. This essay will analyze the complex identity of the devoted, yet sinful, Gabriel, to prove that he blames his actions on the manipulation of others, and subverts the responsibilities of his actions through his relationship with God, in…

Myth is primarily a certain type of story in which some of the chief characters are gods or other beings larger in power than humanity. Very seldom its is located in history: its action takes place in a word above or prior to ordinary time. Hence, like the folk tale, it is an abstract story pattern. “The characters can do what they like, which means what the storyteller likes: there is no need to be plausible or logical in motivation. The things that happen in myth are things that happen only…

satisfying and supports life (Meyers, 2006). “The Expectation of something desired: desire combined with expectation” as stated in the Oxford English Dictionary. Hope is reflected upon in many different aspects such as religion, healthcare, literature, mythology, and psychology. The Penguin dictionary states the definition of hope is to “To have faith in the possibility of something or to hope for something when there is virtually no possibility of it” (Hopel, 2007). In regards to…

live within their community. As men and women have separate roles in their own family. It is extremely imperative that I do not judge their culture but be open to learning and understanding how I can better relate to my patients and be aware of the psychology of oppression as well as understanding their collective…

While researching psychology-related books, I found one author in particular, Jennifer Traig, who published Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood. Jennifer also contributes to the Forward and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and has co-authored many books published by the Chronicles. Jennifer Traig style of writing involves real life situations and examples of her own scrupulosity, a hyper- religious form of obsessive compulsive disorder, that she describes in details as a…

Nietzsche characterized Europe in late nineteenth century as nihilistic, and even considered the late twentieth century to be even more so. He generalizes that we no longer need a God, that a God doesn 't give us meaning and purpose to our lives. Our lives are simply meaningless and lack the capacity to become anything new. Nietzsche stressed that without a sole purpose of living, we would create a new world built on weakness and comfort. He also foresaw that nihilism might lead to radical…