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

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 R ossler-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.

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, Incorporated, Portland, Oregon (booknews.com).

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