The psychology of religion : an empirical approach

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Chapter 1. The Psychological Nature and Functions of Religion = 1
• Why the Psychology of Religion? = 1
• Basic Questions and Directions = 2
• Defining Religion : Is It Possible? = 4
• Being Religious : One Thing or Many? = 8
• Why Are People Religious? = 12
• An Integration Framework for the Psychology of Religion = 23
• Attributional Approaches to the Psychology of Religion = 26
• Overview = 37
• Appendix : Statistical Procedures and Considerations = 38
• Chapter 2. Religion in Childhood = 44
• Is Religion in Our Genes? = 44
• Theories of Religious Development = 46
• Related Empirical Research = 55
• A Different Approach : Attachment Theory = 62
• Is a Unified Approach Possible? = 63
• What's Missing? = 64
• Overview = 67
• Chapter 3. Religious Socialization and Thought in Adolescence and Young Adulthood = 72
• Religious Socialization = 72
• Influences on Religiousness in Childhood and Adolescence = 74
• How Religious Are Adolescents and Young Adults? = 87
• Religious Thinking and Reasoning in Adolescence and Young Adulthood = 89
• Religious Doubts = 93
• Apostasy = 96
• Overview = 104
• Chapter 4. Religion in Adult Life = 111
• Religious Belief and Behavior among Adults = 112
• Religious in Work, Professions, and Occupations = 118
• Religious in Social Relationships = 125
• Religious in Love and Marriage = 127
• Religious in Other Areas of Adult Life : Politics as an Example = 140
• Overview = 145
• Chapter 5. Religion and Death = 153
• Religion, Death, and Immortality = 154
• Religion, Death Anxiety, and Death Perspectives = 160
• Religion, Death, and the Elderly = 164
• Religion and Euthanasia = 166
• Religion and Bereavement = 168
• Religion and Suicide = 171
• A Special Case : Religion, Death Anxiety, and AIDS = 172
• Death and the Clergy = 173
• Death in the Religious-Social Context = 176
• Overview = 179
• Chapter 6. Religious Experience = 183
• Conceptual Considerations in Defining Religious Experience = 184
• The Body in Religious Experience = 191
• Religious Imagery : The Return of the Ostracized = 202
• Psychedelic Drugs and Religious Experience = 214
• Overview = 220
• Chapter 7. Mysticism = 224
• Conceptual Issues in the Study of Mysticism = 225
• Representative Classic Views of Mysticism = 228
• The Empirical Study of Mysticism = 232
• Overview = 265
• Chapter 8. Conversion = 273
• The Classic Research Paradigm : Psychological Dominance = 275
• The Contemporary Research Paradigm : Sociological Dominance = 282
• Conversion Processes = 286
• Deconversion and Related Phenomena = 290
• Overview = 295
• Chapter 9. The Social Psychology of Religious Organizations = 300
• The Classification of Religious Organizations = 301
• Church-Sect Theory = 301
• Organizational Dynamics = 308
• Cults = 315
• The Anti-Cult Movement = 321
• Social-Psychological Processes in Religious Participation = 330
• Overview = 332
• Chapter 10. Religion and Morality = 338
• Does Religion Dictate Morality? = 338
• Moral Attitudes = 340
• Moral Behavior = 340
• Overview = 371
• Chapter 11. Religion, Coping, and Adjustment = 377
• Theoretical Approaches to Coping and Religion = 377
• Religion and General Adjustment = 383
• Religion and Coping with Stress = 385
• Religion and Health = 392
• How Religion Works in Coping = 393
• Overview = 401
• Chapter 12. Religion and Mental Disorder = 406
• Past and Present : Confusion in Values and Practices = 406
• Directions, Concerns, and Cautions = 408
• Religion as an Expression of Mental Disorder = 410
• Religion as a Socializing and Suppressing Agent = 415
• Religion as a Haven = 419
• Religion as Therapy = 423
• Religion as a Hazard to Mental Health = 426
• Topics of Special Concern = 428
• Religion, Personality, and Mental Disorder : Issues and Concerns = 433
• Religion and Psychotherapy = 436
• Overview = 436
• Chapter 13. Epilogue = 443
• Research in the Psychology of Religion = 443
• The Need for Theory in the Psychology of Religion = 446
• References = 455
• Index = 522