1 option
The Psychology of Confession.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berggren
- Series:
- Numen Book Series 29.
- Studies in the history of religions, supplements to Numen ; 29
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Confession--Psychology.
- Confession.
- Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (218 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Boston: Brill, 1975.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Erik Berggren
- The need for confession and absolution / Erik Berggren
- The need for authority / Erik Berggren
- The confessor’s authority / Erik Berggren
- Relationship of trust between confessor and confessant / Erik Berggren
- Confessional method / Erik Berggren
- Psychiatric observations and theories relevant to the psychology of confession / Erik Berggren
- Criticism and valuation of the part played by abreaction and assimilation in psychiatry / Erik Berggren
- Affective discharge in confession / Erik Berggren
- Restoring psychic unity: assimilation / Erik Berggren
- The part played by personal influence in psychotherapy and confession / Erik Berggren
- How can guilt-laden memories be kept from consciousness? / Erik Berggren
- What is characteristic of christian confession / Erik Berggren
- Bibliography / Erik Berggren
- Index of Names / Erik Berggren.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-215) and index.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-37847-2
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004378476 DOI
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.