The sublime vocation: about the relation between religion and sublimation on the determination of the religious vocation

Authors

  • Sidnei Vilmar Noé Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora; Programa de Pós- Graduação em Ciência da Religião (PPCIR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-65642010000100009

Keywords:

Sublimation, Religious Vocation, Religion, Psychology of Religion

Abstract

This essay asks for the relation between the Freudian concept of sublimation and his possible application for understanding of religions psychic importance by the constitution of religious vocation. The proposed hypothesis means that the defending mechanism of sublimation is responsible for the most part of the psychological relevancy of religion on the determination of the religious vocation.

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Published

2010-03-01

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Original Articles

How to Cite

The sublime vocation: about the relation between religion and sublimation on the determination of the religious vocation. (2010). Psicologia USP, 21(1), 165-182. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-65642010000100009