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RE: paleonet Psychopathology of religion

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I am currently reading a very good book by Karen Armstrong entitled "The Battle for God; A History of Fundamentalism." Armstrong is a former nun and has several scholarly works to her credit. Her previous well received work, "A History of God" is also a great resource for background information on the three "God religions" Judaism, Islam and Christianity - all three of which trace their origin to Abram, a common spiritual ancestor (later known as Abraham). "The Battle for God", so far as I have read, is an real eye opener. I will try to write a short review after I've finished the book. In the meantime, I recommend an Internet search for reviews of Armstrong's book if you wish to look further into the fundamentalist phenomena.
 
Jack
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From: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk [mailto:paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk] On Behalf Of John.Laurie@ga.gov.au
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 4:31 PM
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Subject: paleonet Psychopathology of religion

Hear, hear, Arie. However, I cannot bring myself to agree with the tripe espoused by creationists, so I tend to get into discussions with them. It forces one to find and organise the information which pooh-poohs their pathological piffle.

 

Some time ago, I tried to find something on the ‘psychology of religion” on the internet but most of the sites seemed at best subjective productions by believers. Does anyone know of such sites which are not? Furthermore, does anyone know of any websites/books on the psychopathology of religious fundamentalism?

 

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