Psychology of religion : personalities, problems, possibilities / edited by H. Newton Malony. [print]

American psychology and philosophy, 1876-1976 : alienation and reconciliation ; Psychology of religion : some accomplishments and challenges V.S. Sexton -- An early attempt at integration : the Journal of psychotherapy as a religious process ; Dangers of psychologism : the place of God in psychology H. Vande Kemp -- Religious orientation and the experience of transcendence ; Mysticism in the psychology of religion R.W. Hood, Jr. -- One religion could hide another, or how does religion talk to desire? ; Some psychological dynamics in religious experience : the point of resistance A. Godin --

Personal religion and psychological schemata : a research approach to a theological psychology of religion ; The meaning of personal faith : a continuing research odyssey B. Spilka -- Religion as art and identity ; Goring the sacred ox : toward a psychology of religion B. Beit-Hallahmi -- Conversion : the sociodynamics of change ; The excitement never ends H.N. Malony -- Sunden's role theory and glossolalia ; Tradition, upbringing, experience : a research program for the psychology of religion N.G. Holm -- The dark side of mysticism : depression and "the dark night" ; Current and emerging themes in the psychology of religion M.J. Meadow --

Measurement : the boon and bane of investigating religion ; Psychology and religion, beliefs, and values R.L. Gorsuch -- Interpretation of religious language and cognitive style : a pilot study with the LouisianaM Scale ; What is psychology of religion about? : some consideration concerning its subject matter J. van der Lans -- An agenda item for psychology of religion : getting respect ; Religious orientation and helping behavior : responding to one's own or to the victim's needs? / C.D. Batson -- Religious socialization, apostasy, and the impact of family background ; Toward the psychology of religion L.B. Brown -- The psychology of religion : a clinical/community psychology perspective ; The limits of fit : examining the implication of person-environment congruence within different religious settings K.I. Pargement --

The mystery of the ordinary ; Yin and Yang in psychological research and Christian belief D.G. Myers -- Secular and sacred models of psychology and religion ; The psychology of religion : present concerns, future issues J.D. Carter -- Moving through the jungle : a decade of integration ; The psychology of religion today G.R. Collins -- Purpose in life and value changes following conversion ; Psychology of religion as a medium of communication with general psychology R.F. Paloutzian -- Rationality and social control in orthodox systems ; Equipping the psychology of religion with a theoretical framework J.-P. Deconchy --

Servanthood redefined : coping mechanisms for women within protestant Christianity ; The psychology of religion and the clinical practitioner L.R. Probst -- Clinical psychologists' religious and spiritual orientations and their practice of psychotherapy ; The dialectic of subjective historicity and teleology : reflections on depth psychology and religion E.P. Shafranske -- Proposed values for guiding and evaluating counseling and psychotherapy ; Religious life-styles and mental health : an exploratory study A.E. Bergin.

Psychology of Religion examines 19th- and 20th-century thinkers, from Freud to Fromm to Allport, from a new, international perspective. The twenty-two contributors are today's leading psychologists who work in Europe, the U.S., Australia, and Israel, among them John Carter, Gary Collins, and David Myers. This volume began in a special issue of the Journal of Psychology and Religion published in 1986. To those articles, the contributors each have added one new essay. Other writers have been included. The result is a well rounded historical and personal retrospective. Subjects explored include religious experience, personality theory, psychopathology, research methods, social and clinical psychology, and the integration of psychology and theology.

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