Description: "The primary aim of this book is to examine the ways in which aspects of religion and spirituality are linked to emotional attachment processes and close relationships. My approach is heavily influenced by John Bowlby's attachment theory and the enormous amount of research it has generated in developmental, social, and clinical psychology. A major aim of this book is to demonstrate the utility of approaching religion and spirituality from the perspective of a mainstream theory in developmental, social, and clinical psychology. This book will educate readers who are not yet familiar with attachment theory and the attachment-theoretical approach to religion and spirituality"--
Review Quotes: "This book offers academics, psychoanalysts, and other clinicians of diverse fields and orientations a helpful overview as well as stimulating reading, challenging the reader to attend to complexity and to think beyond disciplinary boundaries....Granqvist's book will stimulate ideas and inspire creative work concerning what people attach to, what faith or worldview they develop, and how that may change as they go through their lives."-- "International Journal for the Psychology of Religion" (11/15/2021 12:00:00 AM)