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Psychology of religion

a concept, from Lifton, of a felt continuity of life beyond one's own death through biological, creative, theological, natural or experiential modes.

In psychology of religion, symbolic immortality refers to a concept, from Lifton, of a felt continuity of life beyond one's own death through biological, creative, theological, natural or experiential modes. This meaning comes from Lifton (1979) in The broken connection: on death and the continuity of life.[1]

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  1. Lifton, R. J. (1979). The broken connection: on death and the continuity of life. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780671413866

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