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Religion has played a central role in human history. Definitions of reality, wars, and visions of moral excellence have been part of its complex legacy. Religion has been involved in a variety of human activities including prohibiting murder, extolling poverty and renunciation, distributing power, and regulating procreation (Pruyser, 1973). A history of religion might include accounts of compassion and persecution, wisdom and fanaticism. In our world, religion is Janus-faced, a progenitor of evil, spawning psychotic cults and unconscionable violence and a midwife to psychological transformation, facilitating growth and compassion.
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Rubin, J.B. (1996). Beyond Eurocentrism and Orientocentrism. In: Psychotherapy and Buddhism. Issues in the Practice of Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7280-4_3
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