Adieu to God: Why Psychology Leads to Atheism
Author(s): Mick Power
Adieu to God examines atheism from a psychologicalperspective and reveals how religious phenomena and beliefs arepsychological rather than supernatural in origin.
- Answers the psychological question of why, in the face ofoverwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary, do religionscontinue to prosper?
- Looks at atheism and religion using a fair and balancedapproach based on the latest work in psychology, sociology, anthropology, psychiatry and medicine
- Acknowledges the many psychological benefits of religion whilestill questioning the validity of its supernatural belief systemsand providing atheist alternatives to a fulfilling life
Product Information
Mick Power is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, as well as a practicing Clinical Psychologist who has worked at Guy's Hospital and Maudsley and Bethlem Hospitals. Raised as a Catholic, Power became an atheist at 16.
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- : John Wiley & Sons, Limited
- : Wiley-Blackwell
- : February 2012
- : March 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : Mick Power
- : Paperback