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| The Psychological Nature and Functions of Religion | |
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| Why Should We Study Religion Psychologically? | |
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| What Is the Psychology of Religion? | |
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| What Is Religion? | |
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| Perspectives on the Psychology of Religion | |
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| A Framework for Studying the Psychology of Religion | |
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| Overview | |
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| Statistical Procedures and Considerations | |
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| Foundations for an Empirical Psychology of Religion | |
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| Examining Religion Empirically | |
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| Distinguishing Religion from Other Concepts | |
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| How Is Religiousness Defined in the Psychology of Religion? | |
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| Dimensional Approaches to Religiousness | |
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| A Perspective from Psychology: Social Psychology | |
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| Reductionism and the Idiographic-Nomothetic Controversy | |
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| Overview | |
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| Religion and Biology | |
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| Religion and Biology: A Troubled Relationship | |
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| Religion, Genetics, and Evolution: A Theory | |
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| Some Alternative Perspectives | |
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| Religion and the Brain | |
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| The Biology of Religious Behavior | |
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| The Biology of Religious Experience | |
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| Biological Influence of Religious Teachings and Practices | |
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| Religion and Biology in Health and Illness | |
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| Overview | |
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| Religion in Childhood | |
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| Born to Be Religious? | |
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| Theories of Religious Development | |
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| Concepts of God | |
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| Prayer | |
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| Religious Experience in Childhood | |
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| Attachment Theory and Related Research | |
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| Other Work on Religion in Childhood | |
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| Overview | |
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| Religious Socialization and Thought in Adolescence and Young Adulthood | |
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| Religious Socialization | |
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| Influences on Religiousness in Childhood and Adolescence | |
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| How Religious Are Adolescents and Young Adults? | |
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| Does Religious Socialization Influence Adjustment and Nonreligious Behavior in Adolescence? | |
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| Religious Thinking and Reasoning in Adolescence and Young Adulthood | |
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| Religious Doubts | |
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| Apostasy | |
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| Religion and Identity Development in Adolescence | |
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| Overview | |
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| The Form and Content of Adult Religion | |
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| Religion in Adult Life | |
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| The Collective Expression of Religion | |
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| Religious Affiliation and Behavior in the United States | |
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| Religious Beliefs in the United States | |
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| Gender and Religion | |
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| The Significance of Age | |
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| The Acceptance and Rejection of Institutionalized Religion | |
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| Religion and Elderly Individuals | |
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| Religious Purposes | |
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| Overview | |
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| The Roles and Functions of Religion in Adult Life | |
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| How Adults Are Influenced by Religion | |
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| Religion and Social Relationships | |
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| Religion, Work, and Occupation | |
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| Religion in Love, Sex, and Marriage | |
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| Religion and Politics | |
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| Overview | |
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| Religion and Death | |
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| Death and Religion: A Framework | |
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| Religion, Death, and Immortality | |
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| Religion, Death Anxiety, and Death Perspectives | |
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| Religion, Death, and Age | |
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| Religion and Euthanasia | |
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| Religion and Suicide | |
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| Religion, Grief, and Bereavement | |
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| Death and the Clergy | |
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| Death in the Religious-Social Context | |
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| Overview | |
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| Religious Experience | |
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| Conceptual Considerations in Defining Religious Experience | |
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| The Body in Religious Experience | |
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| Religious Imagery: The Return of the Ostracized | |
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| Entheogens and Religious Experience | |
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| Overview | |
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| Mysticism | |
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| Conceptual Issues in the Study of Mysticism | |
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| Representative Classical Views of Mysticism | |
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| The Empirical Study of Mysticism | |
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| A Cautionary Note: Mysticism and the Paranormal | |
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| Toward a Theory of Mysticism: Religious and Spiritual | |
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| Overview | |
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| Conversion | |
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| The Classic Research Paradigm: Psychological Dominance | |
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| The Contemporary Research Paradigm: Sociological Dominance | |
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| Conversion Processes | |
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| Deconversion and Related Phenomena | |
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| The Complexity of Conversion | |
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| Overview | |
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| The Social Psychology of Religious Organizations | |
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| The Classification of Religious Organizations | |
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| Church-Sect Theory | |
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| Organizational Dynamics | |
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| Cults | |
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| The Anti-Cult Movement | |
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| Social-Psychological Processes in Religious Participation | |
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| Overview | |
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| Religion and Morality | |
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| Does Religion Dictate Morality? | |
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| Moral Attitudes | |
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| Moral Behavior | |
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| Overview | |
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| Helping Behavior and Prejudice | |
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| Helping Behavior | |
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| Prejudice, Discrimination, and Stereotyping | |
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| Overview | |
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| Religion, Coping, and Adjustment | |
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| Theoretical Approaches to Coping and Religion | |
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| Prayer and Forgiveness as Coping Methods | |
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| The State of Research on Religion and Coping | |
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| Contextual Coping Concerns | |
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| Religion and Coping with Major Stress | |
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| Overview | |
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| Religion and Mental Disorder | |
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| Past and Present: Confusion, Conflict, Resolution | |
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| Concerns, Cautions, and Directions | |
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| Religion as an Expression of Mental Disorder | |
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| Religion as a 'Socializing and Suppressing Agent | |
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| Religion as a Haven | |
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| Religion as Therapy | |
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| Religion as a Hazard to Mental Health | |
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| Topics of Special Concern | |
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| Overview | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Research in the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | |
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| The Need for Theory in the Psychology of Religion | |
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| Extremism, Conflict, and the Psychology of Religion | |
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| Final Thoughts: Needs for Today and the Future | |
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| References | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |