The Attachment Theory and Religiousness: Religious Studies and Pastoral Theological Issues
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Freud theorized the concept of God as “the exalted father.”Although the mother is its first love-object according to him, he consistently identified God with the father-figure for the child's stronger protection. the attachment theory that has been formulated by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth brings about a fundamental shift in the study psychology of religion by correlating the attachment theory with religious conversion in adolescence. Therefore, the attachment theory engendered a new comprehension of God as a mother-figure by replacing the traditional understanding of psychoanalytic or object relations theory about the origin of religiosity. The attachment figure plays an important role as a haven or a base of comfort that an infant can turn to at the time of distress, which corresponds to the theistic faith system of Christianity. Psychologists of religion have explored the correlation of the state of childhood attachment with the experience of conversion in adolescence because attachment with the loving God works for compensation about childhood attachment deficiency. According to them, the secure attachment tends to make the children mold their faith after the model of the cargiver's faith. However, insecure attachment results in a religiousness with emotional fluctuation. Therefore, a new convert as a result of deficiency of primary attachment deserves a special attention from the faith community in order for the person to find a real redemption and compensation.
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Freud theorized the concept of God as “the exalted father.”Although the mother is its first love-object according to him, he consistently identified God with the father-figure for the child's stronger protection. the attachment theory that has been formulated by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth brings about a fundamental shift in the study psychology of religion by correlating the attachment theory with religious conversion in adolescence. Therefore, the attachment theory engendered a new comprehension of God as a mother-figure by replacing the traditional understanding of psychoanalytic or object relations theory about the origin of religiosity. The attachment figure plays an important role as a haven or a base of comfort that an infant can turn to at the time of distress, which corresponds to the theistic faith system of Christianity. Psychologists of religion have explored the correlation of the state of childhood attachment with the experience of conversion in adolescence because attachment with the loving God works for compensation about childhood attachment deficiency. According to them, the secure attachment tends to make the children mold their faith after the model of the cargiver's faith. However, insecure attachment results in a religiousness with emotional fluctuation. Therefore, a new convert as a result of deficiency of primary attachment deserves a special attention from the faith community in order for the person to find a real redemption and compensation.
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