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    The document discusses the psychological approach to studying religion. It explains that psychology is important for understanding religious experiences and practices since they involve human consciousness, mind, and emotions. It describes Sigmund Freud's view that religious beliefs and practices stem from childhood fears and wishes like the Oedipus complex. In contrast, Carl Jung believed religion expresses a deeper human need to find meaning and stems from a collective unconscious shared between all people. While careful study has allowed psychologists to understand some religious experiences, there may be forms of religious experience that lie outside the scope of psychological analysis and comprehension.

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    Mennonite Brethren Centenary Bible College

    Shamshabad, Hyderabad
    Topic: Psychological Approach.
    Subject: Introduction to Major religious Tradition in India.
    Submitted to: Dr. R.N.Peter Sir.
    Submitted by: Mr. Daniel.
    Class: BD-I Date of Submission: 29th January 2024

    Introduction
    Psychological approach to the study of religion is also an important understanding of religion
    perspective, because this method is widely differ from other methods of study. For instance,
    through the historical method, researchers try to find out facts of human history and of nature
    science are quite different from the facts of religion. The facts of religion signify the human the
    consciousness of knowing, feeling and willing which in turn are the elements of psychology. In
    order to understand the facts of religion, one needs the help of psychology.
    1. Understating of Psychological approach:
    The realm of religious experience and practice is known one fundamental
    psychological importance. As the psychologists who in order to understand human
    beings, take into account the religious dimension, so also the religious scholars should
    recognize the influence of the pysche’s structure and dynamics. Since the events of
    religion are experienced by the human consciousness and building up such events is the
    human mind or soul, psychology plays a significant role, giving the explanation of the
    religious activities. It deals with the emotional experience of the primordial human kind.
    It gives great weight to unconscious attitudes said to underlie the outward expressions of
    religion.
    Thus in the psychological approach of study, the area of investigation will be
    primarily the mental states, motivation and attitudes found in religious context. From the
    beginning, the psychology of religions has been said to employ two basic methods: “the
    observation of religious individuals and the study of traditional content from the history
    of religion.” The first concern is given greater emphasis, though the two points are
    closely related.
    Psychological approach presumes that the psychological method can be
    universally applied to the phenomena of religiosity, as humans are human everywhere. It
    is believed that psychological theories based on the evidence of Western case studies can
    easily be applied in non- Western context. This presumption is questionable.
    According to Eric J Lott, the psychologists generally have preference for the extreme
    cases in their investigation of emotional experiences. They argue that the clearest clues to the
    real life of human psyche is seen when the restraints of usual social convention are removed.
    Although psychological method is frequently confined to one or other cultural context, yet,
    general conclusion is drawn from such limited date, assuming human psyche is same
    anywhere.
    2. Scholars view of Psychology approach:
    The greatest impact on the development of psychology has been studied by
    Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) and Carl Jung (1875-1961) Sigmund Freud interpreted
    religion primarily as “a neurotic solution feelings of infantile dependency”. Studying the
    psychology of children, of youth and of the parents, he tried to find out how to
    relationships could be maintained and kept to each other in terms of religion.
    Religion, for him, is two things only: a set of dogmatic and unchangeable beliefs,
    above all beliefs in a father, God who is loved out of rigidly prescribed ritual. And feared,
    and the unreflective carrying out of ri In other words, religious beliefs and practices are
    rooted in the fears and wishes of childhood, foremost being those that constitute the
    Oedipus complex that influences the son in regard to his mother. There is a projection
    into the external world of the father-son relationship of life, thereby creating a
    supernatural world.
    Carl Jung disagreed with Freud’s interpretation of religion and argued that a
    human being tries to find “meaning” in his/her life, which often is expressed in a
    religious form. He says that religion is an essential psychological function that one should
    not neglect. There is a deeper lying region called the collective unconscious, beneath the
    personal unconscious and out of its depths arise the myths and symbols that constitute the
    various religious traditions. He says that over millennia of time, the repetition of
    experiences has formed the structural elements of the collective unconscious,.
    Conclusion
    Can psychologists fully understand another person’s religious experience? Careful
    observation, experimental manipulation, and cautious interpretation have nevertheless
    made it possible to gain some understanding of the lives of these subjects. But these
    techniques may not be equally suitable for the study of different religious experiences. It
    may be that the psychologists comprehend certain forms of religious experience, but
    there could be other forms of religious experience, which lie beyond the grasp of the
    psychological approach.
    Bibliography
    Lalrinawma, V.S. Major Faith Tradition in India. Delhi: ISPCK, 2007.

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