An unbiased, comprehensive introduction to the psychology of religion. This book integrates clinical, theoretical, and empirical literature, as well as biographical information of the lives of significant psychologists and their works. It contains new research on meditation, the correlational study of religion, religion and mental health, object relations theory, pluralism and social constructionism.
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An unbiased, comprehensive introduction to the psychology of religion. This book integrates clinical, theoretical, and empirical literature, as well as biographical information of the lives of significant psychologists and their works. It contains new research on meditation, the correlational study of religion, religion and mental health, object relations theory, pluralism, and social constructionism. Integrates material from diverse religious traditions throughout the world.
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This is the best book on the subject,
By Don McCormick, Ph.D. (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Psychology of Religion: Classic and Contemporary (Hardcover)
I have looked at all the textbooks on psychology of religion because I teach the subject at the University of Redlands. This is by far the best textbook on the topic. The depth and scope of Wulff's writing is phenomenal. He takes a historical and biographical approach that is very intriguing. My students love the book too.
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Comprehensive yet Digestable,
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This review is from: Psychology of Religion: Classic and Contemporary (Hardcover)
I picked up this book as an amateur both in psychology and in religion, but with a desire to learn more about both. It really hit the spot. It's comprehensive - covering eveything from classic Freudian analysis to the newest brain scan results - and at the same time totally digestable. It was nice to see Wulff extensively quoted in a recent Newsweek article about "neurotheology". I give it five stars for both form and content.
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a nearly ideal introduction to the field,
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"Disguised as a textbook, this magnificent handbook encompasses the field in twelve chapters of forty to sixty pages. Exposition and insight flourish at every turn. Chapter 1 outlines history of the field; chapter 2 examines biological approaches to bodily states (G. Stanley Hall); chapter 3 presents behavioral theory and comparative studies of ritual behavior (in dogs and apes). Chapter 4 outlines laboratory experimentation, while chapter 5 probes statistical studies. Chapter 6 on Freud leads to chapter 7 on object-relations theory and narcissism (Suttie, Pruyser, Kohut) and thence to chapter 8 on Erikson. All are gems of synthesis and discernment. Chapter 9 on Jung and chapter 10 on James offer masterpieces of exposition and critique. Chapter 11 on the German descriptive tradition explores authors neglected in North America (Otto, Spranger, Girgensohn). Chapter 12 on the American humanistic synthesis expounds Allport, Fromm and Maslow, as well as transpersonal psychology. Case studies from major religions (particularly Jewish, Christian, Buddhist and Hindu) dot the text. An epilogue assesses the field in light of both the humanities and the social sciences....Indexes of persons and concepts are superb."David Wulff has written the closest thing to a German-style handbook that North Americans are likely to see. Exhaustiveness, clarity in both organization and explication, and common sense combine to produce a nearly ideal introduction to the field. History of the discipline shines.... [The] bravura pieces on Freud, Erikson, Jung and James are among the best anyone has written on the masters. The same can be said of the chapter on "Object Relations Theory and Religion." Nearly every chapter climaxes with several pages of "Evaluation," in which the author weighs pros and cons. The style is lucid and nuanced but never boring. Until this volume appeared, few would have thought such a handbook to lie within the capacity of a single author. For a single scholar to synthesize literature of the past 125 years while exuding poise, common sense and uncommon insight exceeds all expectations. This work set a standard for handbooks in the social sciences.... "This masterpiece accomplishes something that cries out to be done for sociology of religion and anthropology of religion. Dispensing exposition, critique and hints for further research, Wulff makes the field accessible and attractive. Mastery resounds." --comments on the first edition of this book, by William M. Johnston, Recent Reference Books in Religion: A Guide for Students, Scholars, Researchers, Buyers & Readers (rev. ed., 1998), pp. 275-276.
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literal disaffirmation, subjective worship, correlational psychologists, mature religious sentiment, interpretive psychology, extrinsic scale, objective psychologists, experimental introspection, measuring religion, correlational psychology, mature sentiment, quest orientation, illusionistic world, naive prayer, cosmic narcissism, intrinsic scale, new religious pluralism, intrinsic religious orientation, religious faith and tradition, idealized parental imago, human piety, summary schema, extrinsic religious orientation, faith development theory, psychologie religieuse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
William James, Roman Catholic, United States, Lord God, Study of Values, Sigmund Freud, Good Samaritan, New York, Rudolf Otto, Hebrew Bible, Friedrich Heiler, James Pratt, Martin Luther, Gifford Lectures, Stanley Hall, Gordon Allport, James's Varieties, Day of Atonement, Edwin Starbuck, Erich Fromm, Erik Erikson, New Testament, Eduard Spranger, Great Mother, Holy Ghost New!
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literal disaffirmation, subjective worship, correlational psychologists, mature religious sentiment, interpretive psychology, extrinsic scale, objective psychologists, experimental introspection, measuring religion, correlational psychology, mature sentiment, quest orientation, illusionistic world, naive prayer, cosmic narcissism, intrinsic scale, new religious pluralism, intrinsic religious orientation, religious faith and tradition, idealized parental imago, human piety, summary schema, extrinsic religious orientation, faith development theory, psychologie religieuse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
William James, Roman Catholic, United States, Lord God, Study of Values, Sigmund Freud, Good Samaritan, New York, Rudolf Otto, Hebrew Bible, Friedrich Heiler, James Pratt, Martin Luther, Gifford Lectures, Stanley Hall, Gordon Allport, James's Varieties, Day of Atonement, Edwin Starbuck, Erich Fromm, Erik Erikson, New Testament, Eduard Spranger, Great Mother, Holy Ghost New!
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- The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature (Modern Library) by William James on 9 pages
- Psychology of Religion by P. E. Johnson on 7 pages
- Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics by Sigmund Freud on 5 pages
- Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History (Austen Riggs Monograph) by Erik H. Erikson on 4 pages
- Letters of Sigmund Freud by Sigmund Freud in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Roads of Excess, Palaces of Wisdom: Eroticism and Reflexivity in the Study of Mysticism by Jeffrey J. Kripal on 4 pages
- How We Believe, 2nd Edition: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God by Michael Shermer on 4 pages
- The Teaching of Psychology: Essays in Honor of Wilbert J. McKeachie and Charles L. Brewer by Stephen F. Davis on page 464, page 466, and page 467
- Psychoanalytic Studies of Religion: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies) by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi in Front Matter, and page 33
- Psychology for Christian Ministry by Fraser Watts in Front Matter, and page 75
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