Psychology, Religion and Spirituality

Name: Psychology, Religion and Spirituality
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ISBN: 9781405108065

ISBN-10: 1405108061

ISBN-13: 9781405108065

Edition: 2003

Authors: David Fontana

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At a time when religious fundamentalism is having a huge impact upon the world, this book helps us to understand how people acquire, conceptualize and practice religion at both personal and social levels. Drawing on relevant research material, author David Fontana explores the effects of religious and spiritual belief on behavior, and on physical and psychological health. He outlines the various approaches to religious and spiritual experience, and examines the different forms such experience takes. He looks at religious and spiritual practices, such as prayer, meditation and ritual, and links religion and spirituality to the major psychological theories. This reader-friendly book will…

Book details

List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/2/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.05" wide x 9.10" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction



Why the Psychology of Religion?



Definitions and Meanings



Introspection and Inner Experience



Approaches to the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality



Religious Beliefs and Practices



Approaches to Spiritual Development



Spirituality and the Brain



The Origins of Religious Belief



Religious Expression in Myth and the Creative Arts



Varieties of Religious and Spiritual Experience



Concepts of Self Soul and Brain



Religion Health and Well-Being


Conclusion


References


Index