Attachment and God in Medieval England : focusing on the figure / Juliana Dresvina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dresvina, Juliana, author.

Series:

Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences.

Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Psychology, Religious.

Attachment behavior.

Evolutionary psychology.

Psychology and religion.

Written communication.

God--Knowableness.

God.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

This book brings together the disciplines of history and psychology. It is the first study to apply attachment theory to self-narratives of the past, namely examples of life-writing (letters and proto-autobiographies) from medieval England, written in broad religious contexts. It examines whether God could appear as an adequate attachment figure in times of high mortality and often inadequate childrearing practices, and whether the emphasis on God's proximity to believers benefited their psychological reorganisation. The main method of enquiry is discourse analysis based on the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) coding.

Contents:

Contents

Abbreviations

Abstract

Keywords

Introduction

1 Attachment Theory and Its Application to Historical Material

2 Case Studies from Medieval England

Conclusions

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Dresvina, Juliana Attachment and God in Medieval England

ISBN:

90-04-50016-2

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004500167 DOI