Religion and Psychology

by Evans, Michael T.; Walker, Emma D.; Kugelmann, Robert (CON); Ventegodt, Soren (CON); Andersen, Niels Jorgen (CON)

• ISBN13: 9781607410669
• ISBN10: 1607410664
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-07-01
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

There has been a remarkable amount of popular and professional interest in the relationship between spirituality, religion, psychology, and health in recent years. This book begins with the importance of a critical methodology when studying the relationship between religion and psychology. Among the many topics presented is a study on the experience of contemporary peacekeepers faced with existential questions about life, death, being and the searching for meaning. Other chapters explore the relationship of holistic healing and personal development, recovery from trauma and spirituality, spirituality and a woman's ability to deal with infertility, and the relationship between a person's health and their ability to forgive.

Table of Contents

Preface

Critical Methodology in the History of Psychology & Religion

Holistic Healing in Religion, Medicine, & Psychology

Being In The World Of Peacekeeping: Living The Unpresentable

The Spiritual Dimensions of Trauma Healing:

Is There a Place for Spirituality in the Care of Elderly Patients?

Unforgiveness & Lifetime Prevalence of Psychopathology: Findings from an Epidemiological Study of United States Adults

Unforgiveness & the Broken Heart: Unforgiving Tendencies, Problems Due to Unforgiveness, & 12-Month Prevalence of Cardiovascular Health Conditions

Discovering a Stronger Sense of Self: The Influence of Religion & Spirituality on Emotional Wellbeing of Infertile Women

Navigating the Spiritual Journey of Infertility: Muslim & Christian Infertile Womens Experiences

Discourse on Volunteering: The Benefits & Barriers

Representations of God Uncovered in a Spirituality Group of Borderline Inpatients

Two studies test the effects of religious hallucinations on perceptions of insanity

Varieties of Religiousness & Belief: Adaptive & Maladaptive Associations Of Varieties Of Religiousness & Belief

What the Spiritual & Religious Traditions Offer Psychologists

Resident Physicians Thoughts Regarding Compassion & Spirituality in the Doctor-Patient Relationship: A Brief Report

Index

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