Positive Affect and Religion

• PTSD by (No author), 5/24/96
  • (...)
    
    • Shame and Religion by Don Nathanson, 8/23/96
      
      

Isn't there any work on positive affect and religion, or is it all on shame? I think of 1 John, who wrote "I have much more to write, but I long to see you face to face that our joy may be full." Stern writes about the importance of intersubjective sharing enabled by affect attunement. Nathanson writes of the importance of the face as the center of affect display. Doesn't this show the importance of the gathered community where we can see and be seen face to face? In an age of private, individual spirituality, does affect theory undermine the argument of the solitary seeker who longs only to be left alone? Perhaps our understanding of the importance of affect and the working of positive affect, especially, will enhance our awareness of community. Positive affect theory could give a whole new meaning to home and hospital visitation. The sacraments, themselves, could be understood as the visible and tangible manifestations of the love of God--the eucharist as God's smile. I would be interested in where I could find more on this.

• Positive Affect by Don Nathanson, 12/5/96
• Positive Affect and Religion; Some Thoughts by Sue Deppe, MD, Burlington, VT, 12/11/96
  • A patient's perspective of Religion as a script for affect modulation. by David J. Chiu , B.A., 1/14/99
  • A patient's perspective of Religion as a script for affect modulation. by David J. Chiu , B.A., 1/14/99
• Shame and Religion by Paul Fitzgerald, 1/23/97
• Epistle to Paul Fitzgerald by Don Nathanson, 1/23/97
  • Serious by ZZTOPS, 5/17/97
    • Tend To Agree by DM, 5/17/97