TY - BOOK ID - 78640541 TI - Terror and transformation PY - 2002 SN - 1317763033 1315800608 1317763041 9781317763031 9781315800608 1583911928 9781583911921 1583911936 9781583911938 9781317763024 9781317763048 PB - New York DB - UniCat KW - Psychoanalysis and religion. KW - Religion and psychoanalysis KW - Religion KW - psychoanalysis KW - understanding religion KW - psychologic dynamic of idealization KW - religious experience KW - religious fanatism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78640541 AB - 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 ER -