POPULAR DEVOTIONS : A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH

Authors

  • Thomas P. Kalam dvk

Keywords:

Popular Devotions, Deviated devotions: a Source of Psychopathology, Popular Devotions and Elitist Theology, Devotion: Essential to Fullness of Life

Abstract

Devotions, whether they are popular or not are part and parcel of the life of any human being. A human being is a devotee by nature. Psychologists like Erich Fromm consider devotion as a universal human variable which is rooted in the very conditions of human existence. I He describes the psychological roots of man's need for devotion in his book Man for Himself.

References

Erich Fromm, Psychoanalysis and Religion. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1960. p. 22.

Robert Towler. Homo Religious: Sociological Problems In the Study of Religion,London. 1974. p. 148.

Mircea Eliade. Images and Symbols, Harrell Press, London, 1952. p, 12.

Walter J. Burghardt. Sir, We Would Like to See Jesus, Paulist Press. New York Ramley, 1982. pp. 3-14.

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Published

1990-09-30

How to Cite

Thomas P. Kalam. (1990). POPULAR DEVOTIONS : A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH . Journal of Dharma, 15(3), 204–212. Retrieved from https://dvkjournals.in/index.php/jd/article/view/1221

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (1990): Journal of Dharma

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Articles