Resisting History
Religious Transcendence and the Invention of the Unconscious (Encounters)
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Word Count
56,000 words, Guess
Page Count
224 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveresistinghistory00hayw
- ISBN-100719074142
- ISBN-139780719074141
- LibraryThing7515337
- Library of Congress Control Number2008298837
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number148904867
- Better World Books9780719074141
- Open LibraryOL10531791M
Classifications
- LCCBF51.H39 2007
- LCCBF51 .H39 2007
Description
"In this book, Rhodri Hayward examines the cumulative attempts of theologians, historians and psychologists to create a consistent and rational narrative capable of containing the inexplicable. This account argues that the psychological theories we routinely use to make sense of supernatural experience were born out of struggles between popular mystics and conservative authorities. Hayward's analysis of the Victorian disciplines of Christology, psychology and psychical research reveals how our modern concept of the subconscious was developed as a tool for policing religious inspiration. He concludes his argument with a vivid study of the Welsh Revival of 1904-5, in which the attempt of thousands of converts to cast off their everyday identity was diffused and defeated using the language of the new psychology. By revealing the politics inherent in such language, Hayward raises questions about its deployment in the work of today's historians."--Jacket.
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