Religion And The Individual

Author : Abby Day
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317067801

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What does religion mean to the individual? How are people religious and what do their beliefs, practices and identities mean to them? The individual's place within studies of religion has tended to be overlooked recently in favour of macro analyses. Religion and the Individual draws together authors from around the world to explore belief, practice and identity. Using original case studies and other work firmly placed in the empirical, contributors discuss what religious belief means to the individual. They examine how people embody what religion means to them through practice, considering the different meanings that people attach to religion and the social expressions of their personal understandings and the ways in which religion shapes how people see themselves in relation to others. This work is cross-cultural, with contributions from Asia, Europe and North America.

Author : Elaine Pagels
Publisher : Ecco
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0062368540

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Why Religion? by Elaine Pagels Pdf

New York Times bestseller One of PW’s Best Books of the Year One of Amazon’s Best Books of the Month Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do various traditions still shape the way people experience everything from sexuality to politics, whether they are religious or not? In Why Religion? Elaine Pagels looks to her own life to help address these questions. These questions took on a new urgency for Pagels when dealing with unimaginable loss—the death of her young son, followed a year later by the shocking loss of her husband. Here she interweaves a personal story with the work that she loves, illuminating how, for better and worse, religious traditions have shaped how we understand ourselves; how we relate to one another; and, most importantly, how to get through the most difficult challenges we face. Drawing upon the perspectives of neurologists, anthropologists, and historians, as well as her own research, Pagels opens unexpected ways of understanding persistent religious aspects of our culture. A provocative and deeply moving account from one of the most compelling religious thinkers at work today, Why Religion? explores the spiritual dimension of human experience.

Author : Dr. Thor A. Johansen, Psy.D
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0826103863

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Religion and Spirituality in Psychotherapy by Dr. Thor A. Johansen, Psy.D Pdf

This book offers new possibilities for mental health professionals who are looking for ways to adapt traditional therapy and counseling techniques to address the spiritual and psychological issues their clients face. The author utilizes an Adlerian Individual Psychology perspective, which rejects biological determinism and focuses on the influence of powerful environmental factors on personality. This book provides specific methods and guidelines for applying Individual Psychology concepts to clients of each of the world's major religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. The author offers a wealth of insight into the customs, theories, and philosophies of each religion. With this knowledge, mental health professionals can use Individual Psychology methods and techniques to better understand and assist clients. Key Features Discusses how Individual Psychology can be integrated with Christian spirituality Examines the relational and social theories of Judaism as compared to Adler's theories of social interest Compares Adler's theories with the ethical, spiritual, and social systems of Islam Reviews the doctrines of Hinduism, including the belief in karma and reincarnation, the goals of life, and the paths to God Presents case examples to illustrate how psychological and spiritual problems may be approached using Adlerian psychotherapy

Author : Abby Day
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317067818

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Religion and the Individual by Abby Day Pdf

What does religion mean to the individual? How are people religious and what do their beliefs, practices and identities mean to them? The individual's place within studies of religion has tended to be overlooked recently in favour of macro analyses. Religion and the Individual draws together authors from around the world to explore belief, practice and identity. Using original case studies and other work firmly placed in the empirical, contributors discuss what religious belief means to the individual. They examine how people embody what religion means to them through practice, considering the different meanings that people attach to religion and the social expressions of their personal understandings and the ways in which religion shapes how people see themselves in relation to others. This work is cross-cultural, with contributions from Asia, Europe and North America.

Author : Charles Daniel Batson,Patricia Schoenrade,W. Larry Ventis
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0195062094

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Religion and the Individual by Charles Daniel Batson,Patricia Schoenrade,W. Larry Ventis Pdf

Using methods of social psychology, the authors explore the personal, rather than the institutional, perspective of religious experience to describe this universal human behaviour in scientific terms.

Author : Gordon Willard Allport
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Psychology, Religious
ISBN : UOM:39015022083516

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The Individual and His Religion by Gordon Willard Allport Pdf

“A man’s religion is the audacious bid he makes to bind himself to creation and to the Creator. It is his ultimate attempt to enlarge and to complete his own personality by finding the supreme context in which he rightly belongs. In these pages I have undertaken the task of discovering the place of religion in the life-economy of the individual, of seeking a psychological understanding of the nature and functioning of the religious sentiment, and tracing the full course of religious development in the normally mature and productive personality”--

Author : Mary Jo Meadow,Richard D. Kahoe
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015012404508

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Psychology of Religion by Mary Jo Meadow,Richard D. Kahoe Pdf

Author : Simon Coleman,Peter Collins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351904872

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Religion, Identity and Change by Simon Coleman,Peter Collins Pdf

Religion is of enduring importance in the lives of many people, yet the religious landscape has been dramatically transformed in recent decades. Established churches have been challenged by eastern faiths, revivals of Christian and Islamic fundamentalism, and the eclectic spiritualities of the New Age. Religion has long been regarded by social scientists and psychologists as a key source of identity formation, ranging from personal conversion experiences to collective association with fellow believers. This book addresses the need for a reassessment of issues relating to identity in the light of current transformations in society as a whole and religion in particular. Drawing together case-studies from many different expressions of faith and belief - Hindu, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Anglican, New Age - leading scholars ask how contemporary religions or spiritualities respond to the challenge of forming individual and collective identities in a nation context marked by secularisation and postmodern decentring of culture, as well as religious revitalisation. The book focuses on Britain as a context for religious change, but asks important questions that are of universal significance for those studying religion: How is personal and collective identity constructed in a world of multiple social and cultural influences? What role can religion play in creating, reinforcing or even transforming such identity?

Author : Charles Daniel Batson,W. Larry Ventis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X000354466

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The Religious Experience by Charles Daniel Batson,W. Larry Ventis Pdf

Author : Titus Hjelm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781136854132

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Religion and Social Problems by Titus Hjelm Pdf

Although students and scholars of social problems have often acknowledged the role of religion, no thorough examinations of the relation between the two have emerged. This volume fills this gap by providing a definitive work on the role of religion in assessing, constructing, and solving social problems. Contributors chart the relation between religion and social problems, exploring such case studies as the impact of religion on drugs and alcohol use among Muslims, the rising importance that religion is given in social policy, the role of the Orthodox and Catholic churches in tackling social problems in post-communist East Europe, and the contested role of religion in the national and international politics of contemporary Japan. Religion and Social Problems is a broad and path-breaking contribution to the fields of sociology of religion, sociology of social problems, and religious studies.

Author : C. Daniel Batson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Experience (Religion)
ISBN : OCLC:472800164

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Author : Bruria Bitton-Ashkelony,Lorenzo Perrone
Publisher : Brepols Pub
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 2503541313

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Between Personal and Institutional Religion by Bruria Bitton-Ashkelony,Lorenzo Perrone Pdf

This book addresses change and continuity in late antique Eastern Christianity, as perceived through the lens of the categories of institutional religion and personal religion. The interaction between personal devotion and public identity reveals the creative aspects of a vibrant religious culture that altered the experience of Christians on both a spiritual and an institutional level. A close look at the interrelations between the personal and the institutional expressions of religion in this period attests to an ongoing revision of both the patristic literature and the monastic tradition. By approaching the period in terms of 'revision', the contributors discuss the mechanism of transformation in Eastern Christianity from a new perspective, discerning social and religious changes while navigating between the dynamics of personal and institutional religion. Recognizing the creative aspects inherent to the process of 'revision', this volume re-examines several aspects of personal and institutional religion, revealing dogmatic, ascetic, liturgical, and historiographical transformations. Attention is paid to the expression of the self, the role of history and memory in the construction of identity, and the modification of the theological discourse in late antique culture. The book also explores several avenues of Jewish-Christian interaction in the institutional and public sphere.

Author : John Milton Yinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Church and social problems
ISBN : UVA:X030209217

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Religion, Society, and the Individual by John Milton Yinger Pdf

Author : Thomas Moore
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780698148598

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A Religion of One's Own by Thomas Moore Pdf

The New York Times bestselling author and trusted spiritual adviser offers a follow-up to his classic Care of the Soul. Something essential is missing from modern life. Many who’ve turned away from religious institutions—and others who have lived wholly without religion—hunger for more than what contemporary secular life has to offer but are reluctant to follow organized religion’s strict and often inflexible path to spirituality. In A Religion of One’s Own, bestselling author and former monk Thomas Moore explores the myriad possibilities of creating a personal spiritual style, either inside or outside formal religion. Two decades ago, Moore’s Care of the Soul touched a chord with millions of readers yearning to integrate spirituality into their everyday lives. In A Religion of One’s Own, Moore expands on the topics he first explored shortly after leaving the monastery. He recounts the benefits of contemplative living that he learned during his twelve years as a monk but also the more original and imaginative spirituality that he later developed and embraced in his secular life. Here, he shares stories of others who are creating their own path: a former football player now on a spiritual quest with the Pueblo Indians, a friend who makes a meditative practice of floral arrangements, and a well-known classical pianist whose audiences sometimes describe having a mystical experience while listening to her performances. Moore weaves their experiences with the wisdom of philosophers, writers, and artists who have rejected materialism and infused their secular lives with transcendence. At a time when so many feel disillusioned with or detached from organized religion yet long for a way to move beyond an exclusively materialistic, rational lifestyle, A Religion of One’s Own points the way to creating an amplified inner life and a world of greater purpose, meaning, and reflection.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Experience (Religion)
ISBN : 3038424676

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