Islamic psychology: Emergence and current challenges
Traditionally, mainstream psychology mostly presented religion in a negative light. However, recent years have witnessed a growing realization that religion has a substantial role to play in improving physical and mental health. Given the importance of religion, the American Psychological Associatio...
| Published in: | Archive for the psychology of religion |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021
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Archive for the psychology of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ Psychology
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion BJ Islam |
| Further subjects: | B
Islamic filter approach
B Critical Realism B research paradigm B Religion B post-positivist paradigm B Islamic psychology approach |
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| Summary: | Traditionally, mainstream psychology mostly presented religion in a negative light. However, recent years have witnessed a growing realization that religion has a substantial role to play in improving physical and mental health. Given the importance of religion, the American Psychological Association (APA) has division 36 “Psychology of religion.” But the perspective of mainstream psychology does not acknowledge the spiritual nature of human beings and their connection to God. Islamic psychology is one of the religion-based perspectives which acknowledges it. This perspective has also attracted the attention of Western psychologists. Three different trends have been identified in this area: the Islamic filter approach, the comparison approach, and the Islamic psychology approach. However, despite more than 40 years of work, there is a considerable lack of progress in the development of this paradigm. The present article discussed the emergence and challenges in the development of this new perspective. Moreover, we suggest that the research paradigms of Western social and behavioral sciences are useful for developing Islamic psychology. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6121 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Archive for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0084672420983496 |