Godrepresentations 2.0:(Neuro)psychological mechanisms

In this article, God representations are approached from a relational perspective and are related to mentalizing as a psychological mechanism that is important for the formation of mental representations and affect regulation. Neuropsychological studies on God representations in which mentalizing plays an important part are discussed. Results suggest a new phase in the study of God representations. These 'second generation' studies do not only relate God representations with other psychological variables, but also investigate mediating mechanisms which provide insight into the nature and functioning of God representations within the psychic and religious lif