On a cultural psychology of religion: a critical response to Belzen ()
In this brief response to Belzen's proposal that the psychology of religion undertakes a cultural approach to its subject matter, I suggest that (1) the psychology of religion is not as a-cultural as suggested by Belzen and (2) a cultural approach has both practical and theoretical liabilities,...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Taylor & Francis
2010
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Mental health, religion & culture
Année: 2010, Volume: 13, Numéro: 4, Pages: 373-379 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
psychology of religion
B cultural psychology |
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| Résumé: | In this brief response to Belzen's proposal that the psychology of religion undertakes a cultural approach to its subject matter, I suggest that (1) the psychology of religion is not as a-cultural as suggested by Belzen and (2) a cultural approach has both practical and theoretical liabilities, including the lack of coherence and the inability to identify universals. I then offer a friendly amendment to Belzen's approach, suggesting from a Kuhnian perspective that he presents a cultural approach more in terms of rapprochement with the existing experimental paradigm. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9737 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13674670903415287 |