Psychological Effects of Religion

by Nathaniel Branden

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Published August 15, 2007 by Audio-Forum .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Religion & Spirituality / General,
• History & Surveys - Modern,
• Philosophy

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Edition Notes

CD set

The Physical Object
Format	Audio CD
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL12273672M
ISBN 10	1579704638
ISBN 10	9781579704636
OCLC/WorldCa	428023382

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  However, by the turn of the millennium, psychology was showing belated signs of trying to catch up in its study of religion and its effects, with the appearance of textbooks on the psychology of religion (e.g. Argyle & Beit-Hallahmi, ; Paloutzian, ), books on religion and mental health (e.g. Koenig et al., ; Loewenthal, And, says Lifton, Awhere totalism exists, a religion, a political movement, or even a scientific organization becomes little more than an exclusive cult. Lifton identified eight psychological themes, now widely used as the criteria for evaluating whether or not a particular group uses thought reform. According to the statistics from new population projections by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion and Public Life, there are billion Muslims worldwide and it is expected to increase by about 35% in the next 20 years, to reach billion by ; making Islam the second largest religion in the world after by:

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