Psychology, religion, and spirituality
By: David Fontana.
Publisher: BPS Blackwell
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Psychology, Religious.; Spirituality -- Psychology.
Description: "This reader-friendly book will be of interest to clergy, professional psychologists, and students and teachers of psychology and religion, as well as to the general public."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-250) and index.
Table of contents: title: Why the psychology of religion?; title: Definitions and meanings; title: Introspection and inner experience; title: Approaches to the psychology of religion and spirituality; title: Religious beliefs and practices; title: Approaches to spiritual development; title: Spirituality and the brain; title: The origins of religious belief; title: Religious expression in myth and the creative arts; title: Varieties of religious and spiritual experience; title: Concepts of self, soul, and brain; title: Religion, health, and well-being.