Metapsychology and Discourse: A Note on Some Neglected issues in the Psychology of Religion
Based on a brief discussion of some of the classic problems in the psychology of religion, the concepts metapsychology and discourse are introduced as pointing to the hitherto neglected task of developing adequate models of the inner world (metapsy- chology) and analyzing the written or spoken disco...
| Published in: | The international journal for the psychology of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
1996
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1996, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 139-149 |
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| Summary: | Based on a brief discussion of some of the classic problems in the psychology of religion, the concepts metapsychology and discourse are introduced as pointing to the hitherto neglected task of developing adequate models of the inner world (metapsy- chology) and analyzing the written or spoken discourse of religious experience. Finally, it is argued that an inclusion of this more hermeneutic research agenda points in the direction of a reconceptualized psychology of religion, that is, a scientific discipline with a broadened self-understanding and a more independent status vis-a-vis mainstream psychology. |
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| ISSN: | 1532-7582 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0603_1 |