Garth Kroeker

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Saturday, February 28, 2026

The Psychology of Religion, Chapter 26: religiosity & narcissism

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The combination of religion with narcissistic style is not hard to find, but the issue is more specific than religiosity alone. Some forms o...

The Psychology of Religion, Chapter 25: Speaking in Tongues

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Some religions feature unusual behaviours that are accepted as manifestations of divinity. One example is glossolalia (“speaking in tongues”...
Friday, February 27, 2026

The Psychology of Religion, Chapter 24: Behavioural Restrictions

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In some cases, religious groups prescribe particular foods, styles of dress, grooming habits, and behavioural expectations that are only loo...

The Psychology of Religion, Chapter 23: Eschatology

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Many religions have teachings about the “last things”—what happens after death, and, in some traditions, how history itself will end. This b...

The Psychology of Religion, Chapter 22: Heaven and Hell

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Many religions have concepts of Heaven and Hell: Heaven an eternal state of perfect happiness, and Hell an eternal state of punishment. Reli...
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GK
I've been a psychiatrist since July, 2000. Most of my clinical experience has been with university students who have come to my outpatient clinic. For the first two years of my practice, I completed a subspecialty fellowship in mood disorders, during which I was trying to help patients struggling with treatment-resistant depression or bipolar disorder. I enjoy trying to combine ideas from different fields within the sciences and humanities--I love the idea of a creative, collaborative, interdisciplinary, yet also evidence-based approach to thinking about the mind, about medicine, and about life. I particularly like to indulge in metaphor and use analogies as a part of my therapeutic style. Yet, I find that much of my work as a physician can be simple and pragmatic, and I believe that there often can be straightforward medical solutions to many of the ailments my patients tell me about.
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