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Psychoanalytic perspectives on the religious experience.

Am J Psychother 2000 DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.452 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics	Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Key points	Argues that religious experiences are best understood as expressions of unconscious psychological processes, serving to manage internal conflicts. Proposes that psychoanalytic theory offers a comprehensive interpretive framework for religious phenomena, though the argument is conceptual rather than empirical.

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Psychoanalytic perspectives on the religious experience.

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