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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459888103321

Autore

Favazza Armando R.

Titolo

PsychoBible : behavior, religion & the Holy Book / / Armando Favazza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, Virginia : , : Pitchstone Publishing, , 2004

ISBN

0-9852815-7-X

1-939578-80-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (465 p.)

Disciplina

220.6/01/9

Soggetti

Psychology and religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-402) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Marc Galanter; Preface; Books of the Bible; Introduction; Chapter 1: God Bless the God Who Has His Own; Chapter 2: Once Upon a Time the Devil...; Chapter 3: Don't Spoil the Soup: Women and the Bible; Chapter 4: Comme Ça: Homosexuality and the Bible; Chapter 5: God in a Bottle: Alcohol and the Bible; Chapter 6: Creeping Things: Animals and the Bible; Chapter 7: Something about the Body; Chapter 8: Praise the Lord and Pass the Medication: Healing and Feeling Good

Chapter 9: True, False and Useful: The Spiritual Marketplace, Religion & PsychiatryChapter 10: Back to God and the Bible: Joy and Suffering; Notes; Bibliography; Scripture Index; General Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

With 2,000 religious denominations and nearly 500,000 churches and temples in the United States, the Bible is not only doctrinally confusing, but behaviorally confusing, too. Is it a sin to drink alcohol? Will prayer cure the sick? Is homosexuality an abomination? Why is celibacy so highly valued? Do belief and feminism mix? How should the Passion be interpreted? In this enlightening and entertaining work, Armando Favazza, a world-renowned psychiatrist specializing in culture and society, explores these and other questions and examines the impact of the Bible on behavior through time and space