Psychology and religiousness/spirituality continue to be perceived as incongruent and incompatible, often resulting in a disconnection and suboptimal level of collaboration between the two fields to the detriment of healthcare. Nevertheless, forgiveness, or an absence of ill will, is a construct central to both mainstream world religion/spirituality and the field of psychology. Understanding an...

In the Terry Lectures given at Yale University in 1937, a demonstration is proposed of the persective from which medical psychology views religion. Religion must be taken into account by psychologists, since it represents one of the most ancient and universal expressions of the human mind; but it is felt that the approach of psychology must be scientific, empirical and phenomenological rather t...

The state of theory in the psychology of religion and spirituality (PRS) is a study in contrasts. William James, the founder of the field, was one of the greatest theoretical psychologists of all time. His writings not only provide a fine legacy of thinking about religious experience, but also include many profound works on the nature of knowledge and human inquiry. Given this history, one woul...

Abstract As a scientific enterprise, the psychology of religion is vitally dependent on developments in general, sharing its strengths as well weaknesses. The article discusses being haunted by number paradoxes that resonate psychological research well. prominent specimen such empirical religion, oeuvre R. W. Hood, well-known contemporary US contributor to field, selected. Another stage long-st...

conclusions it is suggested to consider practical programs to maintain religious believes in students. materials and methods this was a descriptive analytic study. study population was 370 students selected by census sampling from all students of this faculty. gathering data tools were religious attitude questionnaire (golriz and brahani 1974) and life orientation test questionnaire (lot-r). re...