Religion Conceptualized as an Attachment Process

Kirkpatrick's essay is examined in terms of the adequacy of attachment theory to account for all forms and levels of religious alignment. It is concluded that the essential ambiguity of religious attachments must be recognized if they are not to be regarded merely as another form of compensation or as corresponding directly with other established attachments

Ambiguity · Cognitive psychology · Compensation (psychology · Epistemology · Linguistics · Process (computing · Psychology of religion · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Computer Science · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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