Psychology Of Religion category: 309 books

I do not notice much change between those that are in one religion or another, from the most popular to the most secretive. In general, all religions promote one truth, that very few are able to acknowledge or recognize, even when spending their entire life inside a certain path, no matter how advanced...

Can scientists study religion? Ilkka PyysiSinen says that they can. While the study of religion cannot be reduced to other disciplines, it must not ignore what other disciplines have learned about human thought and behavior. In this collection of essays, PyysiSinen shows how findings from cognitive...

A new form of anxiety has emerged, stemming in part from our post-9/11 reality, but even more stemming from the influence of supermodernity. Whereas postmodernism theorizes an anxiety that results from the collapse or loss of meaning, through the lens of supermodernity it appears that the new anxiety...

This book addresses the eclipse of shame in Christian theology by showing how shame emerges in Christian texts and practice in ways that can be neither assimilated into a discourses of guilt nor dissociated from embodiment. Stephanie N. Arel argues that the traditional focus on guilt obscures shame...

Eher nicht, befinden immer mehr Menschen. Ihren Glauben aber geben sie deshalb nicht auf. Sie suchen für ihn nur neue Formen: als spirituelle Atheisten, als Erfinder von Ritualen, in Gemeinden ohne Religion Die großen Themen der Zeit sind manchmal kompliziert. Aber oft genügt schon eine ausführliche...

The Srimad Bhagavad Gita is an epic story of the battle between good and evil, and the psychological hurdles one faces in such a battle, in addition to the physical hardships one has to endure. The former are more difficult to handle. The Gita is a treatise on celestial counselling that Arjuna needed...

Supplication captures a universal, cross-cultural approach to spirituality. Authored by Dr. Patricia Brown, The Supplicate Order defines supplication as an expression for the laws and principles that guide a spiritual aspirant toward communion with the sacred (mysteries), progressing toward an expanded...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Religionspsychologie, Note: 1,3, Universität des Saarlandes, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Epistemologische Überzeugungen beinhalten die subjektiven Theorien eines Individuums über die Natur des Wissens und des Wissenserwerbs. Sie stehen...

Unwissende versuchen die islamische Religion, die auf der Welt für Wohl und Frieden und im Jenseits für das ewige Glück sorgt, auf verschiedener Weise zu entstellen. Dabei waren die Briten Vorgänger. In diesem Buch wird das britische Kolonialministerium und ihre Tätigkeiten in den islamischen...

In this frenetically paced sequel to Adams' best-selling "thought experiment," God's Debris, the smartest man in the world is on a mission to stop a cataclysmic war between Christian and Muslim forces and save civilization. The brilliantly crafted, thought-provoking fable raises questions about the...

The subject of Professor Meyer's superb study concerns the dissolution of the Protestant ethic, its relationship to a general failure of nerve within the American community, and the consequent rise of a pseudo-theology in the guise of a pseudo-psychology, as reflected through the work of certain "mind-cure"...

This groundbreaking anthology provides the most comprehensive overview for understanding the fascinating relationship between religion and violence--historically, culturally, and in the contemporary world. Bringing together writings from scholarly and religious traditions, it is the first volume to...

Winner of the Distinguished Book Award from American Sociology Association Sociology of Religion Section Winner of the Richard Kalish Best Publication Award from the Gerontological Society of America Few things are more likely to cause heartache to devout parents than seeing their child leave the...

God emerges like a hologram in our consciousness and is falsely presented as the champion who will save us from death. Science, with its focused methodology, tells the true story. God is the main character in religion, but he is a figment of the imagination. Humans experience consciousness...