Research Catalog

Title

Constructs of meaning and religious transformation : current issues in the psychology of religion / Herman Westerink (ed.).

Publication

Göttingen : V&R Unipress : Vienna University Press, c2013.

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Additional Authors

Westerink, Herman, 1968-

Description

319 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Religion and transformation in contemporary European society ; Band 4

Uniform Title

Religion and transformation in contemporary European society; Bd. 4.

Alternative Title

Current issues in the psychology of religion

Subject

• Psychology, Religious
• Constructivism (Psychology)
• Spirituality
• Religious life

Note

• Research report.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Religious and Spiritual Constructs of Meaning and Transformation / Herman Westerink -- Part I: Religious and Spiritual Transformation -- In Search of a Scientific Definition of Religion / Niko Tiliopoulos -- Religion as Experience: An Interpretative Approach to Cultural Psychology of Religion / Maik Arnold -- Constructs of Meaning and Religious Transformation: Cognitive Complexity, Postformal Stages, and Religious Thought / James M. Day -- A Discursive Psychology Framework for the analysis of Faith Attribution in Conversation / Caroline Shepherd -- The Construction of Atheist Spirituality: A Survey-Based Study / Tatjana Schnell/William J. F. Keenan -- Deconversion and Religious or Spiritual Transformation / Barbara Keller, Constantin Klein, Ralph W. Hood/Heinz Streib -- Part II: Religious and Spiritual Meaning, Well-being and Coping -- What is it Like to Feel Good in this World? The Several Meanings of Religious Well-being / Rosa Scardigno, Giuseppe Mininni -- Meaning Making: A Crucial Psychological Process in Confrontation with a Life Stressor / Jessie Dezutter, Jozef Corveleyn -- Meanings of Healing: Experiences of Prayer-Team Members at the Christian Healing Rooms Service in Finland / Tuija Hovi -- Existential Meaning-Making and Ritualizing for Understanding Mental Health Function in Cultural Context / Valerie DeMarinis -- Testimony and Transformation: Addiction, Meaning and Spiritual Change / Srdjan Sremac, R. Ruard Ganzevoort -- Post- or Para-Modern Devotion in the Netherlands? / Jacques Korver, Marinus van Uden, Joseph Pieper -- Ritual Counseling and Religious Coping Processes in Cancer Patients / Marinus van Uden, Joseph Pieper, Janske van Eersel, Wim Smeets, Hanneke van Laarhoven -- Leisure as Moderator for Spiritual Well-being? / Johan Bouwer -- Value and Meaning Orientations of the Religious Individual / Alexey M. Dvoinin -- About the Authors.

ISBN

9783847100997 (hd.bd.)

OCLC

838627724

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library