Religion and Psychology: Mapping the Terrain - Hardcover

Jonte-Pace, Diane; Parsons, William B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415206170 ISBN 13: 9780415206174

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

Religion and Psychology is a thorough and incisive survey of the current relationship between religion and psychology from the leading scholars in the field. This is an essential resource for students and researchers in the area of psychology of religion. Issues addressed are:
* The Psychology-Theology Dialogue
* The Psychology-Comparativist Dialogue
* Psychology, Religion and Gender Studies
* Psychology "as" Religion
* Social Scientific Approaches to the Psychology of Religion
* The Empirical Approach
* International Perspectives

About this title

Review:

"This book, a perfect text for classroom use, is a worthy testament to the dynamic past and promising future of RPS.."
-"Religious Studies Review, October 2001, volume 27 number 4
"This book presents the best that the field of religion and psychological studies (RPS) has to offer.."
-"Religious Studies Review, October 2001, volume 27 number 4
..."this book is a valuable guide to the psychology-religion terrain. It deserves its place in the libraries of serious students, researchers, and other travelers in this challenging territory."
-Journal of Psychology and Christianity, Winter 2002

From the Back Cover:

Religion and Psychology: Mapping the Terrain is a thorough and incisive survey of the current state of the relationship between religion and psychology from the leading scholars in the field.

The issues addressed are:
-- The psychology -- theology dialogue in the West
-- psychological perspectives on non-Western religions
-- psychology, religion and gender studies
-- perspectives on modernity and post-modernity
-- psychology "as" religion
-- empirical, cultural and social scientific approaches
-- international perspectives

An essential resource for students and researchers in the area of psychology of religion, this collection systematically examines the whole range of ways in which the psychology/religion debate has developed.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0415206170
• ISBN 13: 9780415206174
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352