Research Catalog

Title

Handbook of the psychology of religion and spirituality / edited by Raymond F. Paloutzian, Crystal L. Park.

Publication

New York, NY : Guilford Press, [2013]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Paloutzian, Raymond F., 1945-
• Park, Crystal L.

Description

xvi, 698 pages; 27 cm

Summary

Paloutzian (experimental and social psychology, Westmont College) and Park (psychology, U. of Connecticut) provide a 33-chapter handbook on the psychology of religion and spirituality, for social and clinical psychologists, pastoral counselors, and students and researchers in psychology and religious studies. Psychologists and a few religious studies specialists from the US and some countries in Europe address the foundations, including definitions, core issues, measurement assessment, research methods, psychodynamic psychology and religion, and evolutionary psychology as a foundation for the psychology of religion; religious and spiritual development across the lifespan; and the neural and cognitive bases of religion and connections to emotion, personality, culture, and social behavior. They discuss religious practices and rituals, conversion experiences, prayer, spiritual struggles, fundamentalism, forgiveness, values, and morality, and implications for individual and collective well-being in terms of health, mental health, coping, psychotherapy, workplace spirituality research, terrorism, and other areas. New topics in this edition include cross-cultural issues, spiritual goals, emotional values, and mindfulness. Most chapters have been redesigned or rewritten, with 25 new and eight revised chapters. The main themes of the book are more integrated, and the introductory and concluding chapters argue that the application of religious meaning systems and the multilevel interdisciplinary paradigm can allow reconceptualization of the field and expand research. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Subjects

• Spirituality > Psychology
• Psychology, Religious
• Religion and Psychology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Recent progress and core issues in the science of the psychology of religion and spirituality / Raymond F. Paloutzian and Crystal L. Park -- Defining religion and spirituality / Doug Oman -- Measurement assessment and issues in the psychology of religion and spirituality / Peter C. Hill -- Research methods in the psychology of religion and spirituality / Ralph W. Hood, Jr. and Jacob A. Belzen -- Psychodynamic psychology and religion / Jozef Corveleyn, Patrick Luyten, and Jessie Dezutter -- Evolutionary psychology as a foundation for the psychology of religion / Lee A. Kirkpatrick -- Building blocks of sacralities: a new basis for comparison across cultures and religions / Ann Taves -- Religious and spiritual development in childhood / Rebekah A. Richert and Pehr Granqvist -- Religious development from adolescence to middle adulthood / Michael R. Levenson, Carolyn M. Aldwin, and Heidi Igarashi -- Old persons, old age, aging, and religion / Susan H. McFadden -- The neuropsychology of religious experience / Patrick McNamara and P. Monroe Butler -- Exploring religion's basement: the cognitive science of religion / Justin L. Barrett -- Gods and goals: religion and purposeful action / Robert A. Emmons and Sarah A. Schnitker -- The religious shaping of feeling: implications of affect valuation theory / Jeanne L. Tsai, Birgit Koopmann-Holm, Masako Miyazaki, and Camaron Ochs -- The role of personality in understanding religious and spiritual constructs / Ralph L. Piedmont and Teresa A. Wilkins -- Religiousness, social psychology, and behavior / Michael E. Nielsen, Arthur T. Hatton, and Michael J. Donahue -- Cultural and cross-cultural psychology of religion / Vassilis Saroglou and Adam B. Cohen -- Religion and meaning / Crystal L. Park -- Religious and spiritual struggles / Julie J. Exline and Eric D. Rose -- Conversion, deconversion, and spiritual transformation: a multilevel interdisciplinary view / Raymond F. Paloutzian, Sebastian Murken, Heinz Streib, and Sussan Rössler-Namini -- Mystical, spiritual, and religious experiences / Ralph W. Hood, Jr. and Zhuo Chen -- Ritual and prayer: forms, functions, and relationships / Kevin L. Ladd and Bernard Spilka -- Religious fundamentalism, right-wing authoritarianism, and prejudice: insights from meta-analyses, implicit social cognition, and social neuroscience / Wade C. Rowatt, Megan Johnson Shen, Jordan P. LaBouff, and Alfredo Gonzalez -- Religion, spirituality and forgiveness / Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Don E. Davis, Joshua N. Hook, Daryl R. Van Tongeren, Aubrey L. Gartner, David J. Jennings II, Chelsea L. Greer, and Yin Lin -- How religion can support self-control and moral behavior / Anne L. Zell and Roy F. Baumeister -- Religion, spirituality, and health / Kevin S. Masters and Stephanie A. Hooker -- Religion, spirituality, and mental health / Crystal L. Park and Jeanne M. Slattery -- The religious dimension of coping: advances in theory, research, and practice / Kenneth I. Pargament, Melissa D. Falb, Gene G. Ano, and Amy B. Wachholtz -- Mindfulness in psychology and religion / Michael R. Levenson and Carolyn M. Aldwin -- Addressing religiousness and spirituality in psychotherapy: advancing evidence-based practice / Edward P. Shafranske -- From concept to science: continuing steps in workplace spirituality research / Peter C. Hill, Carole L. Jurkiewicz, Robert A. Giacalone, and Louis W. Fry -- Religion and the staircase to terrorism / Fathali M. Moghaddam, Zachary Warren, and Karen Love -- Directions for the future of the psychology of religion and spirituality: research advances in methodology and meaning systems / Crystal L. Park and Raymond F. Paloutzian.

ISBN

• 9781462510061 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 146251006X (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

• ^^2013010619
• 40022523897

OCLC

• 813540190
• SCSB-11353151

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library