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Preface to the Second Edition | |
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From the Preface to the First Edition | |
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Religion in Psychological Perspective | |
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The Prevalence and Scope of Religion | |
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Religion in Action | |
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Psychological Questions about Religion | |
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What is Religion? Religion as Reconnection | |
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Personal and Social Religion | |
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Religious Function and Religious Content | |
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The Variety of Religious Behaviors | |
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How do Psychologists Handle the Problem of Defining Religion? | |
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Dimensions of Religious Commitment: Logical and Descriptive | |
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Religious Belief (The Ideological Dimension) | |
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Religious Practice (The Ritualistic Dimension) | |
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Religious Feeling (The Experiential Dimension) | |
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Religious Knowledge (The Intellectual Dimension) | |
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Religious Effects (The Consequential Dimension) | |
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The Dimensions in Combination | |
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Status and Utility of the Multidimensional Schema | |
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Psychological Approaches to Religion | |
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Complementary Viewpoints within Psychology | |
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Where do we Look for the Processes Underlying Religiousness? | |
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Relevance of the Possible Bases of Religion | |
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Is the Psychology of Religion Valid? | |
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Is Religion Unique? | |
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Implications of the Various Positions | |
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Approach and Plan of the Book | |
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Orientations | |
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Limitations | |
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Organization | |
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Historical and Theoretical Developments | |
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The Early Period: An Impressive Start | |
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Starbuck and the ``Either-Or'' Philosophy | |
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James | |
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The Middle Period: Factors Contributing to the Decline | |
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Theoretical Interlude | |
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Classical Theories and Their Questions | |
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Some Stimuli to Current Research | |
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The Contemporary Period: The Reemergence of the Field | |
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Indicators of the Trend | |
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Is Psychology of Religion Influencing General Psychology? | |
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Reasons for the Trend | |
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Research in the Psychology of Religion | |
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Philosophy of Science for Psychology of Religion | |
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Tensions Between Psychology and Religion | |
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The Nature of Psychological Science | |
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Multiple Accounts of Religious Behavior | |
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Influence of the Post-Modernism Movement | |
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The Role Psychology Can Fulfill | |
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Methods of Researching Religion | |
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Strategies and Methods | |
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Measuring Religion | |
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Religious Development in Children | |
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Psychological Research on Religious Development | |
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The Nature of Childhood Religion | |
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Perception, Language, and the Meaning of Symbols: Cognitive Mechanisms | |
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Family, Social Context, and Personal Needs: Social Learning and Attachment Processes | |
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Cognitive Factors in Moral Development | |
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Piaget's 2 Stages of Moral Reasoning | |
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Piaget's 3 Stages of Cognitive Development | |
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Kohlberg's 6 Stages of Moral Judgment | |
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Stages of Religious Development | |
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Elkind's Stage Theory | |
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Research on Religious Stages | |
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Religious Stages in Prayer | |
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Research Possibilities and Questions | |
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Religious Development Through the Lifespan: Adolescence and Adulthood | |
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Religion in Adolescence | |
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How Religious are Adolescents? | |
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Global Measures of Religiousness | |
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Doubt | |
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Secret Doubt and Hidden Observers | |
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Models of Lifespan Religious Development | |
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Development of Religious Judgment: The Double Helix Model | |
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Stages of Faith Development | |
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Sequence of Motives: Religion as Used, Lived, and a Quest | |
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Are Stage Models Valid?: An Assessment | |
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Psychological Processes Prompting Adolescent Religious Development | |
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Paradox | |
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Cognitive, Social, and Personal Factors | |
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Religion and Spirituality in Adulthood and Old Age | |
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How Religious are Adults and the Aged? Baseline Data on Religion and Spirituality | |
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Age-Trajectory Data | |
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Spirituality and Functional Religious Development | |
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Research Possibilities and Questions | |
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Religious Conversion and Persuasion | |
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Prevalence and Definition of Conversion | |
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Popular Opinion | |
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The Prevalence of Conversion | |
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The Definition Issue | |
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Conversion Processes | |
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Sudden and Gradual Conversion | |
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Conversion Process Models | |
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Lofland and Stark's Step Model of Conversion | |
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Motives are Imp | |