Supporting evidence and theories of Freud
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- Supporting evidence and theories of Freud
- Religion as neurosis
- religion is a collective neurosis
- God becomes 'a projected Father Figure' but also a source of fear and guilt
- Freud would argue that religion is a concept that has arisen through our psychological defence
- God becomes 'a projected Father Figure' but also a source of fear and guilt
- religion is a collective neurosis
- Secondary research
- Hertel and Donahue
- Found that God was seen as a loving father, especially to girls
- Ullman
- Found a link between absent fathers and children who later convert to christianity
- Hertel and Donahue
- The Libido
- libido
- The unconscious sexual drive, forms of our basic urges such as sex, satisfaction and gratification
- Oedipus complex
- a sexual trauma caused by guild
- problems develop later due to guilt and fear of the Father
- Repression of childhood behaviour
- a sexual trauma caused by guild
- libido
- Religion as neurosis
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