Whither the Psychology of Religion: A Spirituality-Focused Discussion of Paloutzian and Park's (2005)
Presuming Rayburn's (2006: Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 28, 86-92) review of (Paloutzian and Park, 2005, Handbook of the psychology of religion and spirituality. New York: The Guilford Press) and sketching an alternative paradigm, this review focuses on the Handbook's virtual confl...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2008]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2008, Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 526-540 |
Further subjects: | B
Bernard Lonergan
B Psychology of spirituality B Nature of human sciences B Reformation Theology B theistic psychology B psychology of religion B Sui generis in religion B Nature of social science |
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Summary: | Presuming Rayburn's (2006: Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 28, 86-92) review of (Paloutzian and Park, 2005, Handbook of the psychology of religion and spirituality. New York: The Guilford Press) and sketching an alternative paradigm, this review focuses on the Handbook's virtual conflation of religion and spirituality; relates this conflation to the hegemony of Protestant theology in North American psychology of religion; highlights the Handbook's neglect of spirituality per se, which, if not inseparably linked with theism, is, nevertheless, related to the self-transcending, meaning-making dimension of the human mind, could provide an explanatory breakthrough in the field of the psychology of religion and of the social sciences overall; and sees Handbook's advocacy for a "multilevel interdisciplinary paradigm" as a regrettable acceptance of the failed, long-term strategy of the field of psychology in general. |
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ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10943-008-9173-2 |