Abstract

"Faith Through the Prism of Psychology introduces readers to the structure and function of the inherent ability of our Self to invest objects with reality - existentialization. The author moves away from traditional ideas of existence and faith, arguing that it is an inherent ability of an individual mind to invest entities with reality. The book treats faith as a psychological ability of the mind to upgrade the existential statuses of imaginary entities, such as ghosts or gods; the working of faith is operationalized and analyzed in empirical psychological studies. It presents a new model of investing objects with existence, with such structural elements as the belief in object permanence, magic/ordinary distinguisher, magic/trick distinguisher, imaginary/perceived distinguisher, BOP defense mechanism and realities distinguisher. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in existence from psychology, philosophy, theology or psychotherapy backgrounds"--