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The Psychology Behind Our Search for Meaning | Jamey Hecht
What happens when someone longs for faith but finds themselves intellectually or emotionally unable to believe?
Today’s guest is Dr. Jamey Hecht, a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst in private practice in Brooklyn, New York, as well as a former professor of literature and scholar of English and American literature.
His work brings together psychology, literature, philosophy, and spirituality. His forthcoming book, Into Theism: Overcoming Obstacles to Belief in God, takes a distinctive approach to the question of faith—not by trying to persuade atheists to believe, but by exploring the…
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