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Author : Walter Houston Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Experience (Religion)
ISBN : UVA:X000677259
Author : Walter Houston CLARK
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:752900896
Author : Francis Lorette Strickland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : Experience (Religion)
ISBN : UVA:X001133436
Author : James M. Nelson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780387875729
Over a century ago, psychologists who were fascinated with religion began to study and write about it. Theologians and religious practitioners have responded to this literature, producing a fascinating dialogue that deals with our fundamental und- standings about the human person and our place in the world. This book provides an introduction to the important conversations that have developed out of these interchanges. The dialogue between psychology and religion is difficult to study for a number of reasons. First, it requires knowledge of both psychology and religion. People with a background in psychology often lack a solid understanding of the religious traditions they wish to study, and theologians may not be up to date on the latest developments in psychology. Second, it requires conceptual tools to organize the material and understand the basic problems involved in any attempt to connect the science of psychology with religion. These concepts can be found in many places, for instance in the writings of philosophers of science, but they are complex and often hard to follow for those without a proper theological and philosophical ba- ground. Finally, authors who write on the topic come to the study of psychology and religion from a variety of academic and personal backgrounds. This makes for wonderful diversity in conversations, but it makes understanding and mastery of the material quite difficult.
Author : Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi,Michael Argyle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317799030
Because society is increasingly secular, it may seem irrelevant to consider the psychology of religion. But the diversity of our multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society in fact makes religion more important to the social sciences than it has ever been before. What are the social consequences of religion? Every day the news is full of events that can be blamed on religion perpetrated by a range of groups from whole societies to individuals. Beit-Hallami and Argyle are renowned for their clear, analytical approach to topics and this new, state-of-the-art study of psychology and religion is no exception. It will be welcomed as an update to their previous work in the area by social psychologists, sociologists and theologians worldwide.
Author : Robert H. Thouless
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1972-01-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521081491
The third edition of this successful book, which applies the science of psychology to problems of religion. Dr Thouless explores such questions as: why do people believe? Why are their beliefs often held with irrational strength? How are changes in belief systems related to mental health? What are reasonable attitudes towards alternative belief systems? This edition includes samples of the experimental and statistical studies of religious problems, including the author's own study of the strength of religious beliefs. This edition also pays more attention to the problems of non-Christian religious systems, with special consideration given to the problems of mutual toleration. Finally Dr Thouless considers whether it is reasonable for modern man to adhere to any religious belief system. This is an excellent textbook for students of the social sciences, particularly psychology and theology, and will also interest the general reader who has an intellectual curiosity about religion.
Author : Victor Counted,Fraser Watts
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783030288488
This book examines the role of religious and spiritual experiences in people’s understanding of their environment. The contributors consider how understandings and experiences of religious and place connections are motivated by the need to seek and maintain contact with perceptual objects, so as to form meaningful relationship experiences. The volume is one of the first scholarly attempts to discuss the psychological links between place and religious experiences.The chapters within provide insights for understanding how people’s experiences with geographical places and the sacred serve as agencies for meaning-making, pro-social behaviour, and psychological adjustment in everyday life.
Author : Kevin S. Seybold
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781498238823
What does it means to be human? What is the origin of religious beliefs? Why are we moral creatures? Are religious experiences different from our everyday experiences? Is my brain involved in my experiencing God? What is a soul and do I have one? Is religion a result of evolutionary processes? How might psychology and religion relate? Religious experiences (behaviors, thoughts, and emotions) are determined, at least in part, by natural physical processes. As a result, the empirical methods used in psychology to try to identify the natural mechanisms that influence why we act, think, and feel the way we do can provide important insights into the fundamental and universal phenomena of religion. Drawing on current research from a variety of disciplines, Questions in the Psychology of Religion is appropriate for college students studying psychology, pastors as they help their congregations understand how religion and science might go together, and anyone who learns about recent discoveries in psychological science and wonders how these findings pertain to religion and religious experiences.
Author : Michael Argyle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005-10-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781134658817
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Fraser Watts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781107044449
This book gives an up-to-date overview and evaluation of what psychology tells us about religious beliefs, practices, and experiences.
Author : Ann Taves
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1400830974
The essence of religion was once widely thought to be a unique form of experience that could not be explained in neurological, psychological, or sociological terms. In recent decades scholars have questioned the privileging of the idea of religious experience in the study of religion, an approach that effectively isolated the study of religion from the social and natural sciences. Religious Experience Reconsidered lays out a framework for research into religious phenomena that reclaims experience as a central concept while bridging the divide between religious studies and the sciences. Ann Taves shifts the focus from "religious experience," conceived as a fixed and stable thing, to an examination of the processes by which people attribute meaning to their experiences. She proposes a new approach that unites the study of religion with fields as diverse as neuroscience, anthropology, sociology, and psychology to better understand how these processes are incorporated into the broader cultural formations we think of as religious or spiritual. Taves addresses a series of key questions: how can we set up studies without obscuring contestations over meaning and value? What is the relationship between experience and consciousness? How can research into consciousness help us access and interpret the experiences of others? Why do people individually or collectively explain their experiences in religious terms? How can we set up studies that allow us to compare experiences across times and cultures? Religious Experience Reconsidered demonstrates how methods from the sciences can be combined with those from the humanities to advance a naturalistic understanding of the experiences that people deem religious.
Author : Lynn Bridgers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 074254432X
First published in 1902, William James's Varieties of Religious Experience is considered a classic in religious studies and the psychology of religion. But how has James's classic study weathered decades of development in psychology and behavioral sciences? Do the assertions about religious experience in the Varieties still ring true in light of neuro-cognitive and neuro-hormonal research, resiliency studies, studies of temperament, and traumatic studies? By extending William James's own research throughout the century since its publication this volume seeks to answer those questions. In doing so, it revolutionizes our understanding of James's own view of psychology and reveals the extraordinary value of James's perspective for religion, psychology, and spirituality today. In doing so, it offers vital insights for pastoral care and faith development at both the individual and congregational level. From the Introduction by James Fowler: Drawing on the authenticity of her own experience, Bridgers carries us into a remarkably clear and well documented account that traces William James's evolution as a psychologist, philosopher, and a deeply engaged inquirer into the dynamics of spiritual development and transformation... This book has a major contribution to make. Bridgers's study illumines the horizons of contemporary research in the study of religious experience, in all its varieties, and in the context of globalization.
Author : Robert Henry Thouless
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Psychology, Religious
ISBN : UCAL:$B686075
Author : Timothy Sisemore
Publisher : Wiley Global Education
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781119175384
The Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: From the Inside Out, by Timothy Sisemore, provides and introduction to the field of the psychology of religion and spirituality utilizing a mixed method approach allowing persons of faith (and one who is an atheist) to give voice to their experience to supplement the quantitative research that has been done in the field. This text honors the value of religion and spirituality in the lives of the majority of humans while acknowledging the weakness and problems that come with faith as well.
Author : H. Newton Malony, Mdiv, PhD
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781503561021
The Psychology of Religion is alive and well (as it has been for almost three-quarters of a century since religion came off the psychological taboo list in the 1950s). And much has been written and researched about the field during this passage of time. Among those playing an active part has been H. Newton Malony. As a clinical psychologist as well as an ordained clergy-person, he has brought the informed perspective of both Christian theology and the social/behavioral science to the psychology of religion. This volume is a compilation of some of his reflections as he taught graduate students, supervised research, and engaged in psychotherapy in the years leading up to his retirement in 1996.