Towards Cultural Psychology of Religion : Principles, Approaches, Applications /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: van Belzen, Jacob A. v. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. 1. Introducing cultural psychology of religion
  • Part I: Principles of cultural psychology of religion. 2.The need for a hermeneutical approach to the study of ‘religion’. 3. Cultural psychology of religion: perspectives, challenges, and possibilities. 4. The way out of contemporary debates on the object of the discipline
  • Part II: Approaches to cultural psychology of religion. 5. Methodological issues: towards a new paradigm in psychology of religion. 6. When psychology turns to spirituality: recommendations for research. 7. The question of the specificity of religion: the contribution of psychology. 8. On the ‘Dialogical Self’ as a cultural psychological promise to the study of religiosity
  • Part III: Applications of cultural psychology to religion. 9. Religion as embodiment: cultural-psychological concepts and methods in the study of conversion among ‘bevindelijke’ mystics. 10. Religion, culture and psychopathology: cultural-psychological reflections on a classic case of religious ‘murder’. 11. Psychopathology and religion: a psychobiographical analysis. 12. Religion and the social order: psychological factors in pillarization of society. Bibliography. Index.