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Religion has been responsible for both horrific acts against humanity and some of humanity's most sublime teachings and experiences. How is this possible? From a contemporary psychoanalytic perspective, this book seeks to answer that question in terms of the psychological dynamic of idealisation.At the heart of living religion is the idealisation of everyday objects. Such idealisations provide much of the transforming power of religious experience, which is one of the positive contributions of religion to the psychological life. However, idealisation can also lead to religious fanaticism w

Psychoanalysis and religion. --- Religion and psychoanalysis --- Religion --- psychoanalysis --- understanding religion --- psychologic dynamic of idealization --- religious experience --- religious fanatism