Religion and the individual : a social-psychological perspective

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Religion and the individual : a social-psychological perspective

C. Daniel Batson, Patricia Schoenrade, W. Larry Ventis

Oxford University Press, 1993

  • : hbk
  • : pbk.

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Rev. ed. of: The religious experience

Includes bibliographical references and index

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巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780195062083

内容説明

Using methods of social psychology, the authors explore the personal, rather than the institutional, perspectives of religious experience to describe this universal human behaviour in scientific terms.
巻冊次

: pbk. ISBN 9780195062090

内容説明

What leads a person to become religious? What happens psychologically in a religious experience? Does religion make a person happier, more open, more psychologically healthy, more tolerant, more caring? Bold and thoughtful, this book employs social-psychological theories and research to build an understanding of the source, nature and consequences of religion in individual life. The authors' goal is to provide an integrated and coherent perspective, one that honours the diversity and mystery of individuals' experience of religion, yet is scientifically sound. Drawing on the classic psychological treatment of religion by William James, Sigmund Freud and Gordon Alloort, as well as the more recent empirical literature, the authors develop a three-dimensional model of different ways of being religious ...as a means to self-serving ends, as an end in itself, and as an open-ended quest. They explore the origins of these dimensions of personal religion, tracing them to more or less creative responses to such existential questions as: What is the meaning and purpose of my life? and How do I deal with the fact that I am going to die? They then explore the consequences of each of the three dimensions, both for the religious individual and for others in society. Finally, building on the foregoing analysis, the authors address one of the basic questions of our age - whether relgiion is a force for good or evil in human life.

目次

1.: Toward a Social Psychology of Religion PART I: Sources of Personal Religion 2.: Social Sources of Personal Religion 3.: Individual Development and Personal Religion PART II: Nature of Personal Religion 4.: Religious Experience and Personal Transformation 5.: Facilitators of Religious Experience 6.: Dimensions of Personal Religion PART III: Consequences of Personal Religion 7.: Personal Freedom or Bandage? 8.: Mental Health or Sickness 9.: Brothers-and-Sisters or Sheep-and-Goats 10.: Concern for Others or Self-Concern PART IV: Implications 11.: Is Religion on Our Side?

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