Cannabis Sativa

Authors
Eric Gottfrid Swedin
Publication date
1996
Institution
Case Western Reserve University
Description
In the 1970s, many religious communities that had not previously embraced the techniques and mindset of the modern psychologies began a process of integration. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) experienced this process through two mechanisms. The Association for Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists (AMCAP) was founded in 1974 and succeeded in convincing the General Authorities of the loyalty and usefulness of LDS psychotherapists. In the late 1970s, Allen E. Bergin and others created the Institute for Studies in Values and Human Behavior at Brigham Young University. While short-lived, and a failure in terms of its ambitious goals, the Institute's vision of an integration of LDS beliefs and the modern psychologies has continued to inspire LDS psychotherapists. LDS psychotherapists have also assisted the LDS community in confronting the dilemmas created by feminism …
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