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Religious possession as a subject of psychological analysis: problem statement
Russian Psychological Journal ISSN 1812-1853 · eISSN 2411-5789 · Russian Psychological Society
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Young scholars Vol. 9 No. 4 (2012)

Religious possession as a subject of psychological analysis: problem statement

  • Разет Эльбрусовна Гримсолтанова Chechen State University
    Bio

    senior teacher of the department of pedagogics
    and psychology of Chechenskii State University

Abstract

The article considers features of the possession concept interpretations in the context of the most authoritative world religions (Islam, Christianity, Judaism), interrelation of a religious explanation and scientific grounds of the possession phenomenon. We consider the concept of possession from the point of view of psychiatry and analyze the subject in
psychology.

Keywords

  • Islam
  • Christianity
  • Judaism
  • the Koran
  • the Bible
  • possession
  • exorcism
  • demons
  • djinns

How to Cite

Religious possession as a subject of psychological analysis: problem statement. (2012). Russian Psychological Journal, 9(4), 62-69. https://doi.org/10.21702/rpj.2012.4.7