Table of Contents

Part I: Foundations of the Psychology of Religion. Paloutzian, Park, Integrative Themes in the Current Science of the Psychology of Religion. Zinnbauer, Pargament, Religiousness and Spirituality. Hill, Measurement in the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Current Status and Evaluation. Hood Jr., Belzen, Research Methods in the Psychology of Religion. Corveleyn, Luyten, Psychodynamic Psychologies and Religion: Past, Present, and Future. Kirkpatrick, Evolutionary Psychology: An Emerging New Foundation for the Psychology of Religion. Part II: Religion through the Developmental Lens. Boyatzis, Religious and Spiritual Development in Childhood. Levenson, Aldwin, D'Mello, Religious Development from Adolescence to Middle Adulthood. McFadden, Points of Connection: Gerontology and the Psychology of Religion. Mahoney, Tarakeshwar, Religion's Role in Marriage and Parenting in Daily Life and during Family Crises. Part III: Religion and Basic Psychology Subdisciplines. Newberg, Newberg, The Neuropsychology of Religious and Spiritual Experience. Ozorak, Cognitive Approaches to Religion. Emmons, Emotion and Religion. Piedmont, The Role of Personality in Understanding Religious and Spiritual Constructs. Donahue, Nielsen, Religion, Attitudes, and Social Behavior. Part IV: The Construction and Expression of Religion. Park, Religion and Meaning. Exline, Rose, Religious and Spiritual Struggles. Paloutzian, Religious Conversion and Spiritual Transformation: A Meaning-System Analysis. Hood Jr., Mystical, Spiritual, and Religious Experiences. Spilka, Religious Practice, Ritual, and Prayer. Altemeyer, Hunsberger, Fundamentalism and Authoritarianism. McCullough, Bono, Root, Religion and Forgiveness. Geyer, Baumeister, Religion, Morality, and Self-Control: Values, Virtues, and Vices. Part V: Psychology of Religion and Applied Areas. Oman, Thoresen, Do Religion and Spirituality Influence Health? Miller, Kelley, Relationships of Religiosity and Spirituality with Mental Health and Psychopathology. Pargament, Ano,Wachholtz, The Religious Dimension of Coping: Advances in Theory, Research, and Practice. Shafranske, The Psychology of Religion in Clinical and Counseling Psychology. Giacalone, Jurkiewicz, Fry, From Advocacy to Science: The Next Steps in Workplace Spirituality Research. Silberman, Religious Violence, Terrorism, and Peace: A Meaning-System Analysis. Park, Paloutzian, One Step toward Integration and an Expansive Future.

About the Author

Raymond F. Paloutzian, PhD, Department of Psychology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA

Crystal L. Park, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Reviews

"Paloutzian and Park have produced a marvelous volume that is long overdue. This Handbook is a monumental achievement, bringing together the most prominent scholars to survey the development of research and its promise in specialized areas of the field. This work reflects the remarkable breadth and depth of the growing discipline of the psychology of religion, and is a 'must' for social scientists, clinicians, teachers, and students with serious interest in religion." - W. Paul Williamson, Henderson State University, Arkansas, USA"This Handbook sends a clear message that religion has come of age as a fertile ground for exciting psychological theory and research. It is noteworthy that so many diverse psychological disciplines – including cognitive, developmental, personality, social, neuropsychological, health, and existential psychology – have something meaningful to say about religion and spirituality. This book will be a 'go-to' resource for anyone involved in research in this area, including graduate students, established researchers who may be new to the study of religion and spirituality, and those already involved in work on religion and spirituality who wish to broaden their perspective." - Susan Folkman, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, USA"...this book is an indispensable contribution to the psychology of religion and spirituality, and one that I am privileged to have on my bookshelves... the editors are to be warmly congratulated on giving us such an informative, illuminating and valuable book." - David Fontana, Scimednet.org, Winter 2008

"Paloutzian and Park have produced a marvelous volume that is long overdue. This Handbook is a monumental achievement, bringing together the most prominent scholars to survey the development of research and its promise in specialized areas of the field. This work reflects the remarkable breadth and depth of the growing discipline of the psychology of religion, and is a 'must' for social scientists, clinicians, teachers, and students with serious interest in religion." - W. Paul Williamson, Henderson State University, Arkansas, USA"This Handbook sends a clear message that religion has come of age as a fertile ground for exciting psychological theory and research. It is noteworthy that so many diverse psychological disciplines – including cognitive, developmental, personality, social, neuropsychological, health, and existential psychology – have something meaningful to say about religion and spirituality. This book will be a 'go-to' resource for anyone involved in research in this area, including graduate students, established researchers who may be new to the study of religion and spirituality, and those already involved in work on religion and spirituality who wish to broaden their perspective." - Susan Folkman, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, USA"...this book is an indispensable contribution to the psychology of religion and spirituality, and one that I am privileged to have on my bookshelves... the editors are to be warmly congratulated on giving us such an informative, illuminating and valuable book." - David Fontana, Scimednet.org, Winter 2008"A valuable introduction... Comprehensive... I found particularly valuable 1) discussion of definitions in behavioral terms of religion, religiosity, and spirituality; 2) the study of the importance of meaning from a behavioral perspective; 3) the perspective of evolutionary psychology which intersects with issues in theological anthropology." - Diana L. Villegas, Journal for the Study of Marriage and Spirituality, Vol. 17, No. 2, Autumn 2011