The Body in the Psychology of Religion

Hutch's position that psychology of religion has neglected the mortal body is affirmed but reinterpreted. Although it may be true that psychology has adopted as postmodern bias toward defining the human being as primarily cognitive, it is less true that the psychology of religion has been unawa...

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Published in:The international journal for the psychology of religion
Main Author: Malony, H. Newton 1931-2020 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [1991]
In: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1991, Volume: 1, Issue: 4, Pages: 211-216
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:Hutch's position that psychology of religion has neglected the mortal body is affirmed but reinterpreted. Although it may be true that psychology has adopted as postmodern bias toward defining the human being as primarily cognitive, it is less true that the psychology of religion has been unaware of how religion emerges from the experience of living. Noting that Hutch could be understood as a modern Romantic, I reinterpret, in an alternate frame- work, his contention that reexperiencing the sexuality and mortality of the body will reinstate eros into the psychology of religion. The I story model of Donald McKay and the existential paradigm of Reinhold Niebuhr are of- fered as reconceptions of what Hutch is proposing. These theorists state Hutch's position in ways that allow for a more substantive picture of what religion is and how it emerges from the life process.
ISSN:1532-7582
Reference:Kritik von "Mortal Body, Studying Lives (1991)"
Contains:Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0104_2