02543nam 2200577 450 991045912830332120170816124516.01-282-87381-497866128738121-4411-2921-9(CKB)2670000000056337(EBL)601949(OCoLC)676698417(SSID)ssj0000421152(PQKBManifestationID)11296292(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421152(PQKBWorkID)10411910(PQKB)10546718(MiAaPQ)EBC601949(MiAaPQ)EBC5309732(EXLCZ)99267000000005633720180316h20092009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIs faith delusion? why religion is good for your health /Andrew SimsLondon, England ;New York, New York :Continuum,2009.©20091 online resource (252 p.)Includes index.1-84706-340-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 'Psyche' means more than mind; 2 What is Christian faith?; 3 Why the warfare?; 4 Psychiatry, science and faith; 5 Can religion damage your health?; 6 Delusion is a psychiatric term; 7 The Intersection of Psychiatry and Belief; 8 Inner and outer demons; 9 Personality and personality disorder; 10 Resolving the question; Epilogue; IndexIs faith delusion? Is religion bad for your health? How, in a scientifically and technologically advanced age, can people still believe in God/spirit/'other'? Clearly not all believers are primitive and ill-educated; an alternative explanation is that they must be mad, or at least severely neurotic (as suggested by Freud). This book starts by looking at, and giving reasons for, the connection and the division between Christian faith and psychiatry. It asks whether science challenges Christians involved with psychiatry, as patients or professionals, and whether the spiritual needs of patients aPsychiatry and religionFaithElectronic books.Psychiatry and religion.Faith.234.23261.515Sims Andrew93652MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459128303321Is faith delusion1919505UNINA