Author:
Hood, Ralph W., Jr., 1942- author.
Edition Statement:Fifth edition.
ImprintNew York : The Guilford Press, [2018]
Descriptionxvi, 656 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Note:1. The Psychological Nature and Functions of Religion -- The Why, What, and How of the Psychology of Religion -- What Is Religion? -- The Need for Meaning as a Framework for the Psychology of Religion -- 2. Foundations for an Empirical Psychology of Religion -- The Empirical Study of Religion and Spirituality -- Reductionism in Conceptualizing Religious Issues -- Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods -- The Many Varieties of Religious Experience -- Measurement in the Psychology of Religion -- Attribution in the Psychology of Religion -- 3. Evolution, Neuropsychology, and Other Biological Aspects of Religion -- Understanding Religious Concepts -- Theories of the Origins of Religion: Heritage and Direction -- Assessing Genetic Influence -- What Has Evolution Accomplished? -- Health in Religious Groups -- 4. Religion in Childhood -- Religious and Spiritual Development in Childhood -- Evolutionary Psychology and Attachment Theory -- Socialization Theory -- Concepts and Images of God -- Children and Prayer -- Other Work on Religion and Spirituality in Childhood -- 5. Religion in Adolescence and Young Adulthood -- Influences on Religiousness and Spirituality in Adolescence -- Does Religious Socialization Influence Adjustment and Nonreligious Behavior in Adolescence? -- Religious Thinking and Reasoning in Adolescence and Young Adulthood -- Religious Doubts -- Apostasy -- Religion and Identity Development in Adolescence -- 6. Adult Religious Issues -- The Faith of American Adults -- Religious Beliefs and Behaviors -- Religion in Love, Sex, and Marriage -- The Traditional Importance of Religion among Women -- Religion, Work, and Occupation -- 7. Religion, Aging, and Death -- Some Basic Considerations -- The Faith of the Elderly -- The Roles of Religion in Late Life -- Religion and Health among the Elderly -- Religion and Mortality -- Death and Religion: A Complex Relationship -- Religion, Death, and Immortality -- Religion and Fear/Anxiety about Death -- Religion and Euthanasia -- Religion and Suicide -- Religion, Grief, and Bereavement -- Death and the Clergy -- 8. Conversion, Spiritual Transformation, and Deconversion -- Conversion and Spiritual Transformation: Definitions and Approaches -- The Classic Research Paradigm: Psychological Dominance -- The Social-Scientific Research Paradigm: Sociological Dominance -- The Global Research Paradigm: Interdisciplinary Dominance -- Major Differences among the Three Paradigms -- Processes Involved in Conversion and Spiritual Transformation -- Deconversion and Related Phenomena -- The Complexity of Conversion, Spiritual Transformation, and Deconversion -- 9. Relationships between Individuals and Religious Groups -- The Classification of Religious Organizations -- Church-Sect Theory -- Organizational Dynamics -- Cults -- The Anti-Cult Movement -- Groups That Advocate Terrorist Tactics -- Social-Psychological Processes in Religious Participation -- Atheists, Agnostics, and Secularists -- A Focus on Atheism -- 10. Religious and Spiritual Experience -- What Makes an Experience Religious or Spiritual? -- Conceptual Considerations in Defining Religious and Spiritual Experience -- The Body in Religious and Spiritual Experience -- Religious Imagery: the Return of the Ostracized -- Entheogens and Religious Experience -- 11. Mysticism -- Conceptual Issues in the Study of Mysticism -- Representative Classical Views of Mysticism -- The Empirical Study of Mysticism -- Mysticism and Psychopathology -- Toward a Theory of Mysticism: Religious and Spiritual -- 12. Religion, Morality, and Prejudice -- Moral Attitudes -- Moral Behavior -- Helping Behavior -- Prejudice, Discrimination, and Stereotyping -- Positive Psychology and Religion -- 13. Religion, Health, Psychopathology, and Coping -- The Religion-Health Connection -- Religion and Psychpathology -- Religion and Coping -- 14. Epilogue -- Research in the Psychology of Religion -- The Need for Theory in the Psychology of Religion -- Extremism, Conflict, and the Psychology of Religion -- Final Thoughts: Needs for Today and the Future.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-610) and indexes.
Note:"Keeping up with the rapidly growing research base, the leading graduate-level psychology of religion text is now in a fully updated fifth edition. It takes a balanced, empirically driven approach to understanding the role of religion in individual functioning and social behavior. Integrating research on numerous different faith traditions, the book addresses the quest for meaning; links between religion and biology; religious thought, belief, and behavior across the lifespan; experiential dimensions of religion and spirituality; the social psychology of religious organizations; and connections to coping, adjustment, and mental disorder. Chapter-opening quotations and topical research boxes enhance the readability of this highly instructive text." --Publisher's website.
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