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"Fears and stories about an underground religion devoted to Satan, which demands and carries out child sacrifice, appeared in the United States in the late twentieth century and became the subject of media reports supported by some mental health professionals. Examining these modern fantasies leads us back to ancient stories which in some cases believers consider the height of religious devotion. Horrifying ideas about human sacrifice, child sacrifice, and the offering to the gods of a beloved only son by his father appear repeatedly in Western traditions, starting with the Greeks and the Hebrews. In Flesh and Blood: Interrogating Freud on Human Sacrifice, Real and Imagined, Beit-Hallahmi focuses on rituals of violence tied to religion, both imagined and real. The main focus of this work is the meaning of blood and ritual killing in the history of religion. The book examines the encounter with the idea of child sacrifice in the context of human hopes for salvation".

Psychology of religion.

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"he relationship between psychology and religion has been historically rocky. The trouble is that psychologists often take a "top-down" approach to studying religious beliefs and practices. Consider, for instance, a psychologist who observes a community's religious ceremony and then describes it as a "sociological phenomenon." This strikes members of the community as an attempt to explain away their beliefs. When the sacred experiences of religious followers are treated as nothing more than case studies for journals and textbooks, the full import of their meaning in the hearts and minds of real people is lost. This book corrects that by taking a "bottom-up" approach to understanding religious behavior around the world. Each of the major religions is the focus of a separate chapter, and each chapter is written by a psychologist who is either a practicing member of that religion or who has cultural roots among the people who practice that religion. This gives the reader the intimate perspective of someone who has lived the religion, not merely studied it. Viewing religion in this manner is respectful and conveys all the color, flavor, and idiosyncratic ways that religion animates, inspires, and instructs its adherents. Psychologists in academic and clinical settings desperately need this kind of book today. Across society, we're hearing the call for greater diversity, understanding, and inclusion. With this resource in hand, psychologists will be able to grasp at an intimate level the meaningful role that religion and spirituality plays in the lives of the people they're trying to help"--

Psychology of religion. --- Psychology. --- Psychology, Religious.

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Psychology of religion has been enjoying considerable attention of late; the number of publications and people involved in the field is rapidly increasing. It is, however, one of the oldest branches within psychology in general, and one of the few in which an interdisciplinary approach has been kept alive and fostered. The fate of the field has been quite varied in the countries where psychology of religion has been initiated and developed during the 20th century. In this volume, some aspects of this international history are examined. Coming from six different Western countries, each of the contributors has a record in the historiography of psychology and profound knowledge of psychology of religion. Their approaches combine elements from the history of mentalities, the social history of science and biographical studies. The volume contains in-depth treatments of such topics as the growth of the field as reflected in university politics, developments within international organizations, and the personal involvement of contributors to the field. A wealth of information is provided on the background of the work of well known psychologists of religion like James Henry Leuba, Oskar Pfister, Gordon Allport, Werner Gruehn, Antoine Vergote and others.

History of Psychology --- Psychology of religion --- Religious Psychology --- History

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Faith and Doubt. --- Psychology of religion. --- Psychology, Religious.

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Postmaterial spiritual psychology posits that consciousness can contribute to the unfolding of material events and that the human brain can detect broad, non-material communications. In this regard, this emerging field of postmaterial psychology marks a stark departure from psychology's traditional assumptions about materialism, making this text particularly attractive to the current generation of students in psychology and related health and wellness disciplines.The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality codifies the leading empirical evidence in the support and application of postmaterial psychological science. Sections in this volume include:- personality and social psychology factors and implications- spiritual development and culture- spiritual dialogue, prayer, and intention in Western mental health- Eastern traditions and psychology- physical health and spirituality- positive psychology- scientific advances and applications related to spiritual psychologyWith chapters from leading scholars in psychology, medicine, physics, and biology, The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality is an interdisciplinary reference for a rapidly emerging approach to contemporary science. This overarching work provides both a foundation and a roadmap for what is truly a new ideological age.

Psychology, Religious --- PBIB --- Psychology of religion --- Religion --- Religions --- Religious psychology --- Psychology and religion --- Psychological aspects --- Psychology