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Religion and the Individual: A Social-Psychological Perspective

Autor C. Daniel Batson, Patricia Schoenrade, W. Larry Ventis
en Limba Engleză Paperback – mar 1993
In a thoroughly revised edition of this popular text, the authors use methods of social psychology to explore the personal rather than the institutional perspective of religious experience, and to describe and analyze this uniquely human and universal behavior in scientific terms. A new
chapter has been included on individual development and personal religion, and there is a new section on music and language as facilitators of religious experience. Also, the authors present the latest version of their three-dimensional model for assessing personal religion as a means, end, and
quest, and include clarification and evaluation of that model in light of criticisms of earlier versions. Nearly 100 studies done during the last decade have been added to the analysis of the relation between personal religion and mental health, and recent evidence has been included to expand the
discussion of the social consequences of personal religion. This fascinating, controversial work will challenge and enlighten students of psychology, sociology, and religious studies.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780195062090
ISBN-10: 0195062094
Pagini: 440
Ilustrații: line figures, tables
Dimensiuni: 156 x 233 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: OXFORD UNIV PR
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Descriere

What leads a person to become religious? What happens psychologically in a religious experience? Does religion make a person happier, more open, more psychologically healthy, more tolerant, more caring? Bold and thoughtful, this book employs social-psychological theories and research to build an understanding of the source, nature and consequences of religion in individual life. The authors' goal is to provide an integrated and coherent perspective, one thathonours the diversity and mystery of individuals' experience of religion, yet is scientifically sound. Drawing on the classic psychological treatment of religion by William James, Sigmund Freud and Gordon Alloort, as well as the more recent empirical literature, the authors develop a three-dimensional model of different ways of being religious ... as a means to self-serving ends, as an end in itself, and as an open-ended quest. They explore the origins of these dimensions of personal religion, tracing them to more or less creative responses to such existential questions as: What is the meaningand purpose of my life? and How do I deal with the fact that I am going to die? They then explore the consequences of each of the three dimensions, both for the religious individual and for others in society. Finally, building on the foregoing analysis, the authors address one of the basicquestions of our age - whether relgiion is a force for good or evil in human life.

Recenzii

`an encyclopaedic and critical summary of empirical research into religion. ... The outcome, expressed in an elegant style, is a comprehensive account of psychological reflection on religion.'Expository Times
'Religion and the Individual triumphantly escapes being trivial, tedious and irrelevant. Indeed, it is a most stimulating and challenging book which poses many important questions ... clearly and lightly written throughout. This book will be an important and possible chastening stimulus and resource for teachers, students and practitioners in practical theology and pastoral care.'The Editor, Contact, 112, 1993
'This text is a valuable bargain for scholars in the social psychology of religion, moral development and related disciplines. It is also an excellent textbook for students.'Journal of Psychology and Christianity
'They use a wide variety of empirical studies and include many tables summarizing the work of researchers and writers ... they have avoided technical details and complex statistical analyses which would baffle the uninitiated.'TD Book Survey
'the coverage is broad enough to serve as an introductory text in the psychology of religion if one wishes to use it that way (I have) ... It remains a "must read" volume in the field.'John Tisdale, Psychology of Religion Newsletter - APA Division 36