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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 | |