Religion and the Individual A Social-Psychological Perspective

Name: Religion and the Individual A Social-Psychological Perspective
Price: 5.7 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780195062090

ISBN-10: 0195062094

ISBN-13: 9780195062090

Edition: 2nd 1993 (Revised)

Authors: C. Daniel Batson, Patricia Schoenrade, W. Larry Ventis

List price: $119.99

This item qualifies for FREE shipping.

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $143.35

Marketplace

2 new & used from $5.70

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

What leads a person to become religious? What happens psychologically in a religious experience? Does religion make a person happier, more open, more psychologically healthy, more tolerant, more caring? Bold and thoughtful, this book employs social-psychological theories and research to build an understanding of the source, nature and consequences of religion in individual life. The authors' goal is to provide an integrated and coherent perspective, one that honours the diversity and mystery of individuals' experience of religion, yet is scientifically sound. Drawing on the classic psychological treatment of religion by William James, Sigmund Freud and Gordon Alloort, as well as the more…

Book details

List price: $119.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/25/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Preface



Toward a Social Psychology of Religion



Sources of the Individual's Religion



Social Sources of Personal Religion


Summary and Conclusion



Individual Development and Religion



Nature of Individual Religion



Religious Experience and Personal Transformation


Summary and Conclusion



Facilitators of Religious Experience



Dimensions of Individual Religion



Consequences of Individual Religion



Personal Freedom or Bondage?



Mental Health or Sickness?



Brothers-And-Sisters or Sheep-And-Goats?



Concern for Others or Self-Concern?



Implications



Is Religion on Our Side?


Summary and Conclusion


Appendix the: Scientific Method and Social Psychology of Religion


References (indexed)


Subject Index