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Taking Psychoanalytic and Psychometric Perspectives toward a Binocular Vision of Religion
Häftad, 2020
2285 kr
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Psychoanalytic and Psychometric Perspectives on Religion suggests to combine perspectives from psychoanalysis and academic psychology, from nomothetic and idiothetic research, for more depth of vision for the current psychology of religion.In this interdisciplinary study, Barbara Keller …
Psychology and Religion within an Ideological Surround
Häftad, 2019
1214 kr
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For over three decades, an Ideological Surround Model (ISM) has pursued theoretical and methodological innovations designed to enhance the ‘truth’ and ‘objectivity’ of research into psychology and religion. The foundational argument of the ISM is that psychology as well as religion unavoidably …
Flesh and Blood: Interrogating Freud on Human Sacrifice, Real and Imagined
Häftad, 2019
1240 kr
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Fears and stories about an underground religion devoted to Satan, which demands and carries out child sacrifice, appeared in the United States in the late twentieth century and became the subject of media reports supported by some mental health professionals. Examining these modern fantasies leads …
Conjectures and Controversy in the Study of Fundamentalism
Häftad, 2020
2285 kr
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In Conjectures and Controversy in the Study of Fundamentalism, W. Paul Williamson takes a critical look at the sociohistorical emergence of fundamentalism and examines how historians constructed popular, though questionable, conceptions of the movement that have dominated decades of empirical …
Terror Management Theory
A Practical Review of Research and Application
Av Robert B. Arrowood, Cathy R. Cox
Häftad, 2020
2335 kr
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In Terror Management Theory: A Practical Review of Research and Application, Robert B. Arrowood and Cathy R. Cox discuss relevant research from an experimental, existential psychology tradition. Outlining the past thirty years of research within terror management, the authors discuss such topics as …
Integrating Psychology, Religion, and Culture
The Promise of Qualitative Inquiry
Av Jenny H. Pak
Häftad, 2020
2335 kr
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Although science was originally broadly conceptualized as a systematic, rigorous activity to produce trustworthy knowledge, psychologists adopted a single philosophy of science and strictly enforced natural science as the only proper “scientific” psychology. Qualitative research has been part of …
Psychology of Migration
Facing Cultural and Religious Diversity
Av Adam Anczyk, Halina Grzymała-Moszcyńska
Häftad, 2021
1214 kr
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This book forms an introduction to the emerging discipline of “psychology of migration”, which is an interdisciplinary field of reflection and research, joining together diverse subfields of psychology with anthropological, sociological, demographic and historical inquiry on migration processes. …
Parapsychology and Religion
Av Everton de Oliveira Maraldi
Häftad, 2021
1240 kr
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“Parapsychology and Religion” is perhaps the most controversial research area in the psychology of religion. However, in recent decades, psychology of religion has witnessed a growing literature bearing on ontological issues including parapsychological topics such as distant healing and near-death …
Attachment and God in Medieval England
Focusing on the Figure
Häftad, 2021
1214 kr
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This book brings together the disciplines of history and psychology. It is the first study to apply attachment theory to self-narratives of the past, namely examples of life-writing (letters and proto-autobiographies) from medieval England, written in broad religious contexts. It examines whether …
Introduction to Islamic Psychology
Av Mohammad Khodayarifard, Masud Azarbaijani m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
1110 kr
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Contemporary psychology is highly influenced by positivism and scientific naturalism. Psychological studies make efforts to control the variables and provide operational definitions of subjective constructs in order to reach the most concrete conclusions. Such efforts are admirable in natural …
Culture, Personality, and the Psychology of Religion
Häftad, 2022
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Culture and personality are deeply related. Gerard Saucier articulates their interface, and new insights regarding the psychology of religion and spirituality. Rather than making assumptions of cultural homogeneity that promote stereotyping, Gerard Saucier applies a distributive model of culture …
I Believe, So I Am: Reflections on the Psychology of Spirituality
Häftad, 2022
1110 kr
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This book brings together the theoretical and research perspectives of scholars who are looking for the right relationship between religiousness and spirituality. With this question as her basis, and backed by many years of research, Katarzyna Skrzypińska introduces the Meaning Making …
International Review of Empirical Research on the Psychology of Fundamentalism
Häftad, 2023
1075 kr
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An International Review of Empirical Research on the Psychology of Fundamentalism is a sequel to Williamson (2020), who examined the sociohistorical emergence of fundamentalism and controversial conceptions of the movement that have dominated decades of empirical research in psychology. He …
Complementary Views of Western and Islamic Psychology of Religion
Häftad, 2022
927 kr
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Since psychology and religion share the same ground in terms of providing explanations about the human being, many religious teachings also contain psychological descriptions. Islamic civilization, which has existed in vast geographies for centuries, offers unique sources to explain human feelings, …
Mystical Luminosity Experience
An Initiation of a Construct Grounded in Phenomenology
Häftad, 2024
1086 kr
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Light of a divine or transcendent nature is widely revered in various religious and mystical traditions around the world, and luminosity with mystical qualities such as love, bliss, peace, and noetic realization is also frequently reported by contemporary experiencers. Despite being described as a …
Spirit of the Mind
Divine Disclosure, Nafs and the Transcendental Self in Islamic Thought
Häftad, 2024
1131 kr
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In Spirit of the Mind, Sanaullah Khan delves into Islamic perspectives on the soul and its implications for spirituality and self-cultivation. Despite varying views on the soul's composition, a shared belief has persisted among theologians, scholars, preachers and reformists that it bears traces of …
Styles of Faith
Introduction to Theory and Research in Faith Development
Av Heinz Streib, Zhuo Job Chen
Häftad, 2025
1175 kr
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From decades of conceptual and empirical work on faith development, the authors present the current state of theory and research. The understanding of faith is advanced from James Fowler’s original Stages of Faith. With reference to Paul Tillich’s notion of faith as ultimate concern and with …
Psychological Devil in the Western Tradition
Culture, Evil, and the Human Mind
Häftad, 2026
1110 kr
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Why do humans persistently personify evil, giving abstract harm a face, a name, and a will? This book traces the Devil's evolution from ancient Mesopotamian demons and biblical adversaries through medieval theology to contemporary Satanic activism. You'll discover how cognitive biases, moral panic, …
