1. Can we study religion in the lab?
2. Believers and atheists: what makes the difference?
3. Theist children, apostate adolescents, bigot late adults?
4. Does religion make us more moral?
5. Is religion good for you?
6. Will religion survive?
Further reading
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References
Vassilis Saroglou is Professor of Psychology at the University of Louvain, Belgium. He has conducted extensive research on religion from the perspective of social, personality, cross-cultural, moral, and emotion psychology.
Vassilis Saroglou wrote a wonderful book. The Psychology of
Religion is a delicately crafted snapshot of what recent research
in this field has to teach us. It presents a clear, compelling, and
skillfully accurate account of the fundamental questions and the
respective research conclusions. Scientific psychology seldom
yields one-sided answers to important questions. This book is
meticulously constructed with no bias or agenda – the best in
scholarship, as we have come to expect from one of the most
respected researchers in this area in this generation. Very highly
recommended.
Raymond F. Paloutzian, Editor of The International Journal for the
Psychology of Religion, 1998-2016Although the psychological study
of religion is more than a century old, it has only flourished
vigorously in the last two decades. Vassilis Saroglou offers a
master class in how to navigate this rich and variegated body of
research. His overview is measured, balanced, and eminently
readable. For readers who seek thoughtful, empirically-based
answers to basic questions about the psychological antecedents and
consequences of religion – as well as its likely future – this book
should be a priority. It will be a trustworthy guide for experts
and novices alike. Paul Harris, Harvard UniversityThis is a
remarkable treatise of religion and religiosity from multiple
approaches and psychological disciplines, and from an
international, culture-sensitive perspective. The book provides a
balanced approach of religiosity, fundamentalism, non-religious
spirituality, and atheism. It is written in an accessible and
engaging style by one of the foremost authorities on the subject.
Highly recommended!Constantine Sedikides, Professor of Social and
Personality Psychology, University of Southampton
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