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Inventing God: Psychology of Belief and the Rise of Secular Spirituality, by Jon Mills, Routledge, London and New York, 2017, 244pp.

Inventing God: Psychology of Belief and the Rise of Secular Spirituality, by Jon Mills,... The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2018, 78, (92–96) 2017 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 0002-9548/18 www.palgrave.com/journals Book Reviews Inventing God: Psychology of Belief and the Rise of Secular Spirituality, by Jon Mills, Routledge, London and New York, 2017, 244pp. In various biographical statements, Jon Mills is described as both a philosopher and a psychoanalyst. He teaches at the Adler Graduate Professional School in Toronto and runs a mental health corporation in Ontario, Canada. In a previous book, he critiqued the philosophical underpinnings of relational psychoanalysis (2011). In this book, he combines his knowledge of philosophy and psychoanalysis to propose an approach to spirituality based in humanism rather than in religious belief. His premises are that God does not exist but is only an idea and that religious beliefs can be replaced by a new spirituality grounded in humanism. To begin, Mills lays out ‘‘axioms,’’ arguing in logical, syllogistic fashion to conclude that (1) ‘‘God does not exist independent of mind;’’ (2) ‘‘Therefore God does not exist as an autonomous ontological entity or extant being;’’ (3) ‘‘God cannot exist without mind;’’ (4) ‘‘Therefore God exists only as thought;’’ (5) ‘‘Without thought, God does not and cannot exist;’’ and (6) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Inventing God: Psychology of Belief and the Rise of Secular Spirituality, by Jon Mills, Routledge, London and New York, 2017, 244pp.

The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 78 (1) – Feb 19, 2018

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2017 by Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1057/s11231-017-9121-6
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2018, 78, (92–96) 2017 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 0002-9548/18 www.palgrave.com/journals Book Reviews Inventing God: Psychology of Belief and the Rise of Secular Spirituality, by Jon Mills, Routledge, London and New York, 2017, 244pp. In various biographical statements, Jon Mills is described as both a philosopher and a psychoanalyst. He teaches at the Adler Graduate Professional School in Toronto and runs a mental health corporation in Ontario, Canada. In a previous book, he critiqued the philosophical underpinnings of relational psychoanalysis (2011). In this book, he combines his knowledge of philosophy and psychoanalysis to propose an approach to spirituality based in humanism rather than in religious belief. His premises are that God does not exist but is only an idea and that religious beliefs can be replaced by a new spirituality grounded in humanism. To begin, Mills lays out ‘‘axioms,’’ arguing in logical, syllogistic fashion to conclude that (1) ‘‘God does not exist independent of mind;’’ (2) ‘‘Therefore God does not exist as an autonomous ontological entity or extant being;’’ (3) ‘‘God cannot exist without mind;’’ (4) ‘‘Therefore God exists only as thought;’’ (5) ‘‘Without thought, God does not and cannot exist;’’ and (6)

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Published: Feb 19, 2018

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