The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality

by Miller, Lisa J.

• ISBN13: 9780199729920
• ISBN10: 0199729921
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-08-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Postmaterial spiritual psychology posits that consciousness can contribute to the unfolding of material events and that the human brain can detect broad, non-material communications. In this regard, this emerging field of postmaterial psychology marks a stark departure from psychology's traditional quantum measurements and tenets. The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spiritualitycodifies the leading empirical evidence in the support and application of postmaterial psychological science. Sections in this volume include: - personality and social psychology factors and implications - spiritual development and culture - spiritual dialogue, prayer, and intention in Western mental health - Eastern traditions and psychology - physical health and spirituality - positive psychology - scientific advances and applications related to spiritual psychology With chapters from leading scholars in psychology, medicine, physics, and biology,The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spiritualityis an interdisciplinary reference for a rapidly emerging approach to contemporary science. This overarching work provides both a foundation and a roadmap for what is truly a new ideological age.

Author Biography

Lisa J. Miller, Ph.D., is Director of Clinical Psychology and Associate Professor at Columbia University Teachers College.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Epistemological and Ontological Assumptions in History and Culture

History and Current State of Research on Psychology of Religion

Theoretical and Epistemological Foundations

Parameters and Limitations of Current Conceptualizations

Progress in Physics and Psychological Science Affects the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Complementarities in Physics and Psychology

Personality and Social Psychology: Universalism, Absolutism, and Relativism

Personality, Spirituality and Religion

Overview and Development of a Trait-Based Measure of Numinous Constructs: the Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments (ASPIRES) Scale

Good and Evil in Religion: The Interpersonal Context

Religion, Altruism, and Prosocial Behavior: Conceptual and Empirical Approaches

Spiritual Development, Family, and Culture

Spiritual Development during Childhood and Adolescence

Questions Left Unaddressed by Religious Familism: Is Spirituality Relevant to Non-traditional Families?

Motherhood and Female Faith Development: Feminine Tapestry of Religion, Spirituality, Creativity, and Intuition

Colored spirituality: The centrality of Spirit among Ethnic Minorities

Models of Spiritual Development

Spiritual Dialogue, Prayer and Intention in Mental Health: Western Traditions Moving Forward

Spiritually-Sensitive Psychotherapy: An Impending Paradigm Shift in Theory and Practice

Honoring Religious Diversity and Universal Spirituality in Psychotherapy

Counseling and Psychotherapy within and across Faith Traditions

Psychoanalysis, Psi Phenomena, and Spiritual Space: Common Ground

Spiritual Aspects of Jungian Analytical Psychology: Individuation; Jung's Psychological Equivalent of a Spiritual Journey

Mind, Awareness, and Spirituality in Mental Health: Eastern Traditions Engage Psychology

Contemplative Traditions and Meditation

Translation of Eastern Meditative Disciplines into Western Psychotherapy

Eastern Traditions, Consciousness, and Spirituality

Physical Health, Prayer, and Spirituality

Spirituality, Science, and the Human Body

Spirituality, Emotions, and Physical Health

Spirituality, Religion, and Psychological Counseling

Spirituality and Recovery from Serious Mental Problems

Positive Psychology and Spirituality

Positive Psychology and Spirituality: A Virtue-informed Approach to Well-Being

Spirituality, Resilience, and Positive Emotions

Constructing the Connection between Spirituality, Work and Family

Spirituality and Positive Youth Development

The Brain and Spiritual Experience

Transformation of Brain Structure and Spiritual Experience

Neuroimaging and Spiritual Practice

The Psychology of Near-Death Experiences and Spirituality

Postmaterial Spiritual Psychology: Scientific Advances in a Spiritual Ontology for Psychology

Nonlocality, Intention, and Observer Effects in Healing Studies: Laying a Foundation for the Future

Spirituality, Connection, and Healing with Intent: Reflections on Cancer Experiments on Laboratory Mice

Knowledge, Intention and Matter

Consciousness, Spirituality, and Post-Materialist Science: An Empirical and Experiential Approach

A Post-Materialist Human Science and Its Implications for Spiritual activism

Conclusion

Conclusion

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