Chabook Directory - Psychology and Religion

Topic: Science / Social Sciences / Psychology / Psychology and Religion

Subtopics of "Psychology and Religion"
  Buddhist Psychology
  Christian Integration
  Conferences
  Education
  Islam and Psychology
  Journals
  New Religious Movements
  Organizations
  People
  Religion-Based Counseling
  Religious Experience
  Transpersonal Psychology

Related topics:
  Sociology of Religion (Religious Studies)      Religious Studies (Religion and Spirituality)      Science and Religion (Science in Society)

**Subtopics of "Psychology and Religion"**
Buddhist Psychology Christian Integration Conferences Education	Islam and Psychology Journals New Religious Movements Organizations	People Religion-Based Counseling Religious Experience Transpersonal Psychology

**Related topics:**
Sociology of Religion (Religious Studies)	Religious Studies (Religion and Spirituality)	Science and Religion (Science in Society)

Web pages on "Psychology and Religion":

AmoebaWeb: Psychology and Religion
Douglas Degelman's directory of resources related to the integration of psychology with religion, sexuality, science, and prayer.
http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebaweb/index.cfm?doc_id=870

Are We Hardwired for God?
The Guardian newspaper's review of Pascal Boyer's book "Religion Explained".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4351726,00.html

Campaign for Forgiveness Research
Supports 46 innovative scientific projects on forgiveness and reconciliation on the individual, family, and national levels. Includes details of individual projects, a speakers bureau, and information and personal stories about how to forgive.
http://www.forgiving.org/

Centre for Ministry Studies
Research center within the University of Wales at Bangor. Includes abstracts for much of Leslie Francis' published research.
http://www.bangor.ac.uk/rs/pt/index.php

Centre for Psychology of Religion (Leuven)
Dirk Hutsebaut's research program within the Psychology Department of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). Includes full-text articles for download.
http://www.psy.kuleuven.ac.be/religion/religion.htm

Centre for Psychology of Religion (Louvain)
Publication abstracts and contact details of research program at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), headed up by Jean-Marie Jaspard. Bilingual: French and English.
http://www.psp.ucl.ac.be/psyreli/prel-eng.htm

COG-SCI-REL-L
Archived cognitive science of religion email discussion list, focusing particularly on anthropological and cognitive developmental psychology research investigating the formation and transmission of religious ideas.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/COG-SCI-REL-L.html

Functional Origins of Religious Concepts
Essay by cognitive anthropologist Pascal Boyer recounting theory and experimental evidence for the ontological and strategic selection of supernatural concepts.
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/bec/papers/boyer_religious_concepts.htm

Nielsen's Psychology of Religion
Resources including online texts, course syllabi, bibliography, theoretical perspectives, and links to journals and professional organizations.
http://www.psychwww.com/psyrelig/index.htm

Perceptions of God Survey
Online research into images, concepts, and metaphors of God by Earl Schaefer.
http://www.unc.edu/~schaefer/

Psychological Influence in Spiritual Movements
A discussion of the features of psychological influence most common to spiritual movements.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wichm/psymove.html

Psychology and Christianity Project
Research program at University of Cambridge seeking to apply psychology to the work of the Church.
http://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/pcp/

Psychology and Religion
Collection of annotated links from Nikitas Kafkios. Categories include resources dealing with integration, anti-psychology sites, journals, and bibliographies.
http://www.psyche.gr/english

S.P.i.R.i.T. Research Group
Spirituality and psychology research team at Bowling Green State University, headed by Kenneth Pargament and Annette Mahoney. Brief description of research areas, contact details, and profiles of directors.
http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/psych/Facultyprograms.html/SPIRIT.htm

Spiritual Transformation Scientific Research Program
Funding program for investigation into the sociocultural, psychological and neurological factors that underlie the processes of spiritual transformations of individuals and groups. Includes literature review, timeline, and details of winning grants.
http://www.metanexus.net/spiritual_transformation/

Spirituality Research
Publishes empirical research on spirituality. It offers a conceptual and a graphic model of spirituality, and a questionnaire designed to measure the strengths of spiritual beliefs.
http://www.geocities.com/randynied/home.html

Tracing the Synapses of Our Spirituality
Washington Post article by Shankar Vedantam on researchers examining the relationship between brain and religion.
http://www.maps.org/media/vedantam.html

Virtual Religion Index: Psychology of Religion
Directory of resources covering religious experience, therapies, and psychological theory.
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~religion/vri/psych.html

Wanting More in an Age of Plenty
Excerpt from psychology professor David G. Myers' book "The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty".
http://www.christianityonline.com/ct/2000/005/6.94.html

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