Religious terrorism has become the scourge of the modern world. What causes a person to kill innocent strangers in the name of religion? As both a clinical psychologist and an authority on comparative religion, James W. Jones is uniquely qualified to address this increasingly urgent question. Resea[...]
Challenges Freud's view of religion as one-way transference. Using examples from clinical cases, Jones argues instead that religious experiences, doctrines and practices reflect the internalized interpersonal patterns that constitute our sense of ourselves.[...]