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Loving Thyself: A Kohutian Interpretation of a “Limited” Mature Narcissism in Evangelical Megachurches

Dyer, Jennifer E.·2012·Journal of Religion and Health
DOI 10.1007/s10943-012-9579-8
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Evangelical megachurches across the United States provide a subculture for core and committed members who immerse themselves in these communities of faith. This article argues that American evangelical megachurches fail to mitigate "the narcissism epidemic" in the dominant secular culture. Using object relations theory, I discuss splitting as a psychological foundation for narcissism, and I employ Heinz Kohut's self-psychology to analyze idealized, mirroring, and twinning self-objects in evangelical megachurches. Finally, given Kohut's categories for a mature narcissism, I find that Evangelicals achieve creativity, empathy, transience, humor, and wisdom, in part, but their ideological frameworks, organizational characteristics, and beliefs challenge a transformation to mature narcissism.

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Authors
Dyer, J. E.
Venue
Journal of Religion and Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2012-03-07
Volume
51
Issue
2
Pages
241-255
ISSN
  • 0022-4197
  • 1573-6571
DOI
10.1007/s10943-012-9579-8
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0
References
40
Language
en
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)

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Dyer, J. E. (2012). Loving Thyself: A Kohutian Interpretation of a “Limited” Mature Narcissism in Evangelical Megachurches. Journal of Religion and Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-012-9579-8

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