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Hyperreligiosity as a psychological term for religious addiction and toxic faith
Posted by Richard Collins
Book description
When we mention hyperreligiosity, we mean the same thing as when others say “toxic faith.” Hyperreligiosity is a more established psychiatrically-used term for toxic faith. There is a timely nature of this work, as religious extremism is in the news every night. The author’s hope is that the ideas in this book will become assimilated so that people drawn to acting out in religious extremism have other perspectives to consider.
This book is essentially a book on toxic faith and is instrumental for understanding why people join destructive cults. This book bridges the gap between psychological understanding and the spiritual drive. Each one done separately is usually disregarded by the audience drawn more to the other. That is, people writing on a secular psychological level do not always take into account historically important spiritual goals. But the most dangerous situation is when people with a religious drive are not instructed on the dangers of what can happen to people who are very religious and have some imbalances. This book describes how these imbalances manifest and how they can be overcome.
Earlier psychologists used to explain psychological concepts to their patients. Psychology seems sometimes in danger of becoming a lost science in the minds of many. I think it’s time that people started understanding again more academic psychological concepts. It seems like there was more of a mainstream knowledge of psychological concepts in the past then there is today.
Hyperreligiosity is at the root of the need to join all destructive cults. This book examines the root causes why a person feels that a small group can have the answer to the greatest questions on earth.
One often sees reports in the news about people who have done various criminal acts because they believe they were guided by God to do so. The tone of this work is at once both psychological and spiritual. The author himself had hyperreligious tendencies but went on to live a normal life, graduating from a secular university and starting and maintaining a software company for over fifteen years. He uses basic psychological language to construct an analysis of the problem that takes into account the positive aspects of religion.
www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/04/hyperreligiosity-as-a-psychological-term-for-religious-addiction-and-toxic-faith/
Posted by Richard Collins
Book description
When we mention hyperreligiosity, we mean the same thing as when others say “toxic faith.” Hyperreligiosity is a more established psychiatrically-used term for toxic faith. There is a timely nature of this work, as religious extremism is in the news every night. The author’s hope is that the ideas in this book will become assimilated so that people drawn to acting out in religious extremism have other perspectives to consider.
This book is essentially a book on toxic faith and is instrumental for understanding why people join destructive cults. This book bridges the gap between psychological understanding and the spiritual drive. Each one done separately is usually disregarded by the audience drawn more to the other. That is, people writing on a secular psychological level do not always take into account historically important spiritual goals. But the most dangerous situation is when people with a religious drive are not instructed on the dangers of what can happen to people who are very religious and have some imbalances. This book describes how these imbalances manifest and how they can be overcome.
Earlier psychologists used to explain psychological concepts to their patients. Psychology seems sometimes in danger of becoming a lost science in the minds of many. I think it’s time that people started understanding again more academic psychological concepts. It seems like there was more of a mainstream knowledge of psychological concepts in the past then there is today.
Hyperreligiosity is at the root of the need to join all destructive cults. This book examines the root causes why a person feels that a small group can have the answer to the greatest questions on earth.
One often sees reports in the news about people who have done various criminal acts because they believe they were guided by God to do so. The tone of this work is at once both psychological and spiritual. The author himself had hyperreligious tendencies but went on to live a normal life, graduating from a secular university and starting and maintaining a software company for over fifteen years. He uses basic psychological language to construct an analysis of the problem that takes into account the positive aspects of religion.
www.endhereditaryreligion.com/2009/04/hyperreligiosity-as-a-psychological-term-for-religious-addiction-and-toxic-faith/