David A Leeming

Biographic Data

ID454195
NAMEDavid A Leeming
GIVEN NAMESDavid A
FAMILY NAMELeeming
SIGNATURELEEMING D A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Connecticut
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS20
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR16
WORKS AS EDITOR4
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX0

  • Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion

    Open AccessDavid A LeemingEDITORBOOKEncyclopedia of Psychology and…2020

    This greatly expanded and updated reference work builds on the foundation of the highly successful previous editions. The first to integrate psychology and religion in the context of modern social and behavioral sciences and offers a rich contribution to development of human self-understanding.

  • Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion

    David A LeemingBOOKEncyclopedia of Psychology and…2020

  • Shakti

    Open AccessDavid A LeemingCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Psychology and…2020

  • Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion

    Open AccessDavid A LeemingEDITORBOOKEncyclopedia of Psychology and…2016

  • Shakti

    Open AccessDavid A LeemingCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Psychology and…2016

  • Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion

    Open AccessDavid A LeemingEDITORBOOKEncyclopedia of Psychology and…2014

  • Shakti

    Open AccessDavid A LeemingCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Psychology and…2014

  • Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion

    David A LeemingBOOKEncyclopedia of Psychology and…2013

    Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion, 2nd edition, is a greatly expanded and updated reference work that builds on the foundation of the highly successful previous edition. The first to integrate psychology and religion in the context of modern social and behavioral sciences, Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion continues to offer a rich contribution to the development of human self-understanding. A significant number of new entries and of …

  • Shakti

    Open AccessDavid A LeemingCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Psychology and…2010

  • Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion

    David A Leeming, Kathryn Madden et al.EDITORBOOKEncyclopedia of Psychology and…2009

  • Gods, Heroes, & Kings

    Christopher Fee, Christopher R Fee et al.BOOKGods, Heroes, & Kings2004

    The islands of Britain have been a crossroads of gods, heroes, and kings—those of flesh as well as those of myth—for thousands of years. Successive waves of invasion brought distinctive legends, rites, and beliefs. The ancient Celts displaced earlier indigenous peoples only to find themselves displaced in turn by the Romans, who then abandoned the islands to Germanic tribes, a people themselves nearly overcome in time by an influx of Scandinavian…

  • Gods, Heroes, & Kings

    Christopher R Fee, David A LeemingBOOKGods, Heroes, & Kings2004

  • Deity Types

    Christopher Fee, Christopher R Fee et al.CHAPTERGods, Heroes, & Kings2004

    The pantheon of any given mythology is composed of gods and goddess who should be recognizable as mythological types to followers of other systems. The supreme being, the great goddess, the trickster, the dying god, the thunder-god, and several archetypal deity figures are found in the mythologies of Greece, India, Egypt, Mesopotamia, as well as Northern Europe and the British Isles. This chapter examines the Celtic and Germanic manifestations of…

  • The pāntheons

    Christopher Fee, Christopher R Fee et al.CHAPTERGods, Heroes, & Kings2004

    A pantheon is an overview of a given culture's gods and goddesses and reflects not only the society's values but also its sense of itself. This chapter discusses the Germanic pantheon, which includes the Norse and Saxon deities, and the Celtic pantheon, which includes the gods and goddesses associated with Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, and especially Ireland. It provides a background of both Germanic and Celtic mythology and examines some of their r…

  • Jealous Gods and Chosen People

    David A Leeming, David LeemingBOOKJealous Gods and Chosen People2004

    Esteemed scholar David Leeming, who has authored more than twelve books on mythology, here offers the first comprehensive narrative study of the mythology of the Middle East, that tumultuous region that was the cradle of civilization. Leeming begins with a brief, engaging history of the Middle East, spanning Neolithic cultures, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, the invention of writing and the rise of Egypt and Babylonia, Israel and Roman rule, an…

  • Religion and Sexuality

    Open AccessDavid A Leeming, David LeemingARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2003

  • Myth and Therapy

    Open AccessDavid A LeemingARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2001

  • The Dream Seekers

    Gregory E Smoak, Lee Irwin et al.ARTICLEThe American Indian Quarterly1998

  • James Baldwin

    Fred L Standley, David A Leeming et al.ARTICLEAfrican American Review1997

  • James Baldwin

    Charles Scruggs, David A Leeming et al.ARTICLEAmerican Literature1996