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Author: Mick Power (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.277kg
ISBN: 9780470669945
ISBN 10: 0470669942
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 03 February 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
In this fascinating little book (201 pages, including references and a subject index), Mick Power communicates no such tinge of agnosticism when proclaiming in the preface of Adieu to God: Why Psychology Leads to Atheismthat my belief is that psychology (with help from philosophy, anthropology, sociology, physics, biology ...) offers a far more powerful explanation than any religious system ever will (p.x). ( PsycCRITIQUES, 1 June 2013) <p> His final chapter summarises the argument and proposes how one might be a healthy atheist with a sense of meaning and purpose, a sense of belonging and community and a set of personal goals and values. He does not forecast the disappearance of religions but proposes how they can be explained in terms of psychology and sociology. (The Scientific & Medical Network, 1 April 2012)
In this fascinating little book (201 pages, includingreferences and a subject index), Mick Power communicates no suchtinge of agnosticism when proclaiming in the preface of Adieu toGod: Why Psychology Leads to Atheismthat my belief is thatpsychology (with help from philosophy, anthropology, sociology,physics, biology ...) offers a far more powerful explanation thanany religious system ever will (p.x). ( PsycCRITIQUES, 1 June 2013) <p> His final chapter summarises the argument and proposeshow one might be a healthy atheist with a sense of meaning andpurpose, a sense of belonging and community and a set of personalgoals and values. He does not forecast the disappearance ofreligions but proposes how they can be explained in terms ofpsychology and sociology. (The Scientific &Medical Network, 1 April 2012)
His final chapter summarises the argument and proposes how one might be a healthy atheist with a sense of meaning and purpose, a sense of belonging and community and a set of personal goals and values. He does not forecast the disappearance of religions but proposes how they can be explained in terms of psychology and sociology. (The Scientific & Medical Network, 1 April 2012)
Author Information
Mick Power is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, as well as a practicing Clinical Psychologist who has worked at Guy's Hospital and Maudsley and Bethlem Hospitals. Raised as a Catholic, Power became an atheist at 16.
