Comments on the Sacred, the Search for Significance, and Means/End Relationships
This is a comment on Pargament's article Of Means and Ends: Religion and the Search for Significance. It is based on a long collaboration with Pargament. Agreement is expressed with the central thesis, namely that psychology has long struggled with whether it shall be concerned with facts or va...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[1992]
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1992, Volume: 2, Issue: 4, Pages: 237-240 |
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| Summary: | This is a comment on Pargament's article Of Means and Ends: Religion and the Search for Significance. It is based on a long collaboration with Pargament. Agreement is expressed with the central thesis, namely that psychology has long struggled with whether it shall be concerned with facts or values. The psychology of religion clearly reflects this debate. The difference between science and religion needs to be understood for the psychology of religion to fully develop. Pargament's interest in studying ways in which people appropriate religion is affirmed. The search for significance as an overarching value is seen to be the central focus of life to which religion addresses itself. It is clear that both the use of religion by persons and the study of that use are grounded in value judgments. Means and ends do not exist apart from one another. |
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| ISSN: | 1532-7582 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "Of Means and Ends (1992)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0204_3 |