The Psychology of Religion: Theoretical Approaches

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• Title Page iii
• CONTENTS vii
• PREFACE xi
• PART 1 - Where We Are and Where We Should Go 1
• 1 - AN AGENDA ITEM FOR PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION: GETTING RESPECT 3
• 2 - TOWARD MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES OF INTRINSIC RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT 11
• PART 2 - Why Religion? Functions of Religious Beliefs and Behavior 25
• 3 - TOWARD A THEORY OF RELIGION: RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT 27
• 4 - IN TIMES OF STRESS: THE RELIGION-COPING CONNECTION 43
• 5 - PROPOSED AGENDA FOR A SPIRITUAL STRATEGY IN PERSONALITY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY 54
• PART 3 - Social Concerns 71
• 6 - AN INTEGRATED ROLE THEORY FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION: CONCEPTS AND PERSPECTIVES 73
• 7 - RELIGION AND MORAL EVALUATION DISCREPANCY THEORY 86
• PART 4 - Development of Individual Religion 95
• 8 - THE ORIGINS OF RELIGION IN THE CHILD 97
• 9 - INTEGRATING DIFFERING THEORIES: THE CASE OF RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT 105

• Title Page iii
• CONTENTS vii
• PREFACE xi
• PART 1 - Where We Are and Where We Should Go 1
• 1 - AN AGENDA ITEM FOR PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION: GETTING RESPECT 3
• 2 - TOWARD MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES OF INTRINSIC RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT 11
• PART 2 - Why Religion? Functions of Religious Beliefs and Behavior 25
• 3 - TOWARD A THEORY OF RELIGION: RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT 27
• 4 - IN TIMES OF STRESS: THE RELIGION-COPING CONNECTION 43
• 5 - PROPOSED AGENDA FOR A SPIRITUAL STRATEGY IN PERSONALITY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY 54
• PART 3 - Social Concerns 71
• 6 - AN INTEGRATED ROLE THEORY FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION: CONCEPTS AND PERSPECTIVES 73
• 7 - RELIGION AND MORAL EVALUATION DISCREPANCY THEORY 86
• PART 4 - Development of Individual Religion 95
• 8 - THE ORIGINS OF RELIGION IN THE CHILD 97
• 9 - INTEGRATING DIFFERING THEORIES: THE CASE OF RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT 105
• 10 - AN ATTACHMENT-THEORY APPROACH TO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION 131
• PART 5 - Believing Is Seeing: How Religion Shapes Our Worlds 137
• 11 - ATTRIBUTION THEORY AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION 139
• 12 - A GENERAL ATTRIBUTION THEORY FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION 153
• 13 - RELIGION-AS-SCHEMA, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RELATION BETWEEN RELIGION AND COPING 171
• 14 - TOWARD AN ATTITUDE PROCESS MODEL OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE 184
• 15 - IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: A SOCIAL-COGNITIVE MODEL OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF 194
• PART 6 - The Experience of Religion 207
• 16 - A TAXONOMY OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE 209
• 17 - THE EMPIRICAL STUDY OF MYSTICISM 222
• REFERENCES 235
• ABOUT THE BOOK 269
• ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS 271
• INDEX 273