Psychological Perspectives and the Religious Quest Essays in Honor of Orlo Strunk Jr.

by Rector, Lallene J.; Sanataniello, Weaver; Bohn, Carole R.; Gorsuch, Richard L.; Hood, Ralph W.; Jordan, Merle; Maes, John; Maloney, H Newton; McIntosh, Daniel N.; R.Schlauch, Chris; Sexton, Virginia Staudt; Spilka, Bernard; Venable, G Daniel; Wimberly, Ed

• ISBN13: 9780761812937
• ISBN10: 0761812938
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-18
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Psychological Perspectives and the Religious Quest addresses the relationship between psychology and religion from empirical, historical, clinical and theological vantage points. Historical and theoretical considerations include attention to the history of psychology of religion in the United States and issues in the assessment of religious psychopathology stemming from Freud's analysis of religion. The essays present empirical research through feminist and qualitative methodologies applied to the psychology of religion, and experimental method utilized in the investigation of intrinsic and extrinsic religion, as well as an examination of the religiosity of psychologists interested in religion. They also discuss pastoral psychology and psychotherapy from psychoanalytic perspectives, feminists perspectives, and from the vantage point of the identity, ethics and type of discourse within these interdisciplinary fields. The conclusion consists of theologically oriented considerations of the role of liturgy and narrative in the formation of the self and the impact of losing a mother at birth upon the theological worldview of a clergyman.

Author Biography

Carole R. Bohn, Ed.D. Executive Director, Danielsen Institute; Associate Professor of Pastoral Psychology, Boston University School of Theology Richard L. Gorsuch, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Director of Research/Evaluation, Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary Ralph W. Hood, Jr., Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Merle R. Jordan, Th.D. Professor Emeritus of Boston University School of Theology; Albert V. Danielsen Professor of Pastoral Psychology, Associate Professor of Pastoral Psychology, Boston University School of Theology; Director of Training, Boston Christian Counseling Center Daniel N. McIntosh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Denver John Maes, Ph.D. Consulting Psychologist; Professor Emeritus of Boston University; Professor and Former Executive Director of the Danielsen Institute at Boston University H. Newton Malony, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Director of Integration, Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary Lallene J. Rector, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology of Religion and Pastoral Psychotherapy, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL; Faculty, Center for Religion and Psychotherapy of Chicago Chris Schlauch, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pastoral Psychology and the Psychology of Religion. Boston University School of Theology Virginia Staudt Sexton, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of St. John's University; Professor of Psychology, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY. Bernard Spilka, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, University of Denver G. Daniel Venable, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, Valley Psychological Center, Sacramento, CA Edward P. Wimberly, Ph.D. Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, GA

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Historical and Theoretical Considerations
American Psychology and the Psychology of Religion: An Overview	p. 3
Bridging Religion and Psychology: The Hall-James Generation as Transition from the "Old" to the "New" Psychology	p. 7
Theological Criteria in the Assessment of Religious Psychopathology: Freud's Use of Vaihinger's "as if" in the Future of an Illusion	p. 41
Empirical Research and Methodological Issues
The Psychology of Religion and the Religion of Psychology	p. 57
Feminist Perspectives in the Psychology of Religion: Points of Convergence between the Qualitative Research Tradition and Feminist Epistemology	p. 67
I and E in Developmental Perspective	p. 81
Pastoral Psychology and Psychotherapy
Classical and Contemporary Psychoanalytic Interpretations of Self: Implications for Religion and the Study of Religion	p. 105
Identity, Language, and Ethics in Pastoral Psychology	p. 125
Speaking of Pastoral Psychology ... A Feminist Approach	p. 141
Theological Dimensions
A Theological World View of an Infant Motherless Child Become Clergy	p. 157
Liturgy and Narrative Psychology in the Formation of the Self	p. 173
Orlo Strunk, Jr. Major Biographical Events and Information	p. 181
Orlo Strunk, Jr. Bibliography	p. 185
Biographical Sketches of Editors	p. 191
Contributors	p. 193
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