Psychology of religion is the academic discipline investigating religious experience, belief, and behavior. William James' (1902) Varieties of Religious Experience marked a quarter-century burst of research activity that faded into almost nothing with the advent of behaviorism. Since then the discipline has enjoyed a resurgence in the 1960s with the popularity of social psychology. Psychology of religion currently occupies a small but solid niche within the wider field of psychology.
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  • Nielsen's Psychology of Religion
    Resources including online texts, course syllabi, bibliography, theoretical perspectives, and links to journals and professional organizations.
  • Centre for Psychology of Religion (Louvain)
    Publication abstracts and contact details of research program at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), headed up by Jean-Marie Jaspard. Bilingual: French and English.
  • Psychological Influence in Spiritual Movements
    A discussion of the features of psychological influence most common to spiritual movements.
  • Psychology and Christianity Project
    Research program at University of Cambridge seeking to apply psychology to the work of the Church.
  • Spirituality Research
    Publishes empirical research on spirituality. It offers a conceptual and a graphic model of spirituality, and a questionnaire designed to measure the strengths of spiritual beliefs.
  • Functional Origins of Religious Concepts
    Essay by cognitive anthropologist Pascal Boyer recounting theory and experimental evidence for the ontological and strategic selection of supernatural concepts.
  • Tracing the Synapses of Our Spirituality
    Washington Post article by Shankar Vedantam on researchers examining the relationship between brain and religion.
  • Are We Hardwired for God?
    The Guardian newspaper's review of Pascal Boyer's book "Religion Explained".
  • Virtual Religion Index: Psychology of Religion
    Directory of resources covering religious experience, therapies, and psychological theory.
  • COG-SCI-REL-L
    Archived cognitive science of religion email discussion list, focusing particularly on anthropological and cognitive developmental psychology research investigating the formation and transmission of religious ideas.
  • Campaign for Forgiveness Research
    Supports 46 innovative scientific projects on forgiveness and reconciliation on the individual, family, and national levels. Includes details of individual projects, a speakers bureau, and information and personal stories about how to forgive.
  • Centre for Ministry Studies
    Research center within the University of Wales at Bangor. Includes abstracts for much of Leslie Francis' published research.
  • Spiritual Transformation Scientific Research Program
    Funding program for investigation into the sociocultural, psychological and neurological factors that underlie the processes of spiritual transformations of individuals and groups. Includes literature review, timeline, and details of winning grants.
  • Psychology and Religion
    Collection of annotated links from Nikitas Kafkios. Categories include resources dealing with integration, anti-psychology sites, journals, and bibliographies.
  • Centre for Psychology of Religion (Leuven)
    Dirk Hutsebaut's research program within the Psychology Department of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). Includes full-text articles for download.

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  • Psychology of religion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    URL : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology_of_religion
    Psychology of religion is the psychological study of religious experiences, ... Adler, A., & Jahn, E., Religion and Psychology, Frankfurt, 1933. ...[2008/11/24]
  • Psychology - Science or Religion?
    URL : www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/psych.htm
    Psychology is a subtle and widespread leaven in the Church. ... PSYCHOLOGY AS RELIGION ... Psychology, like all religions, includes elements of truth. ...[2005/07/16]
  • Category:Psychology of religion - Psychology Wiki
    URL : psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Psychology_of_religion
    Pages in category "Psychology of religion" ... Psychology of cults. R. Relationship between religion and science. Religion. S ...[2008/11/04]
  • Nielsen's Psychology of Religion Pages
    URL : www.psywww.com/psyrelig
    Information and resources about psychology and religion ... Psychology of Religion Research and Teaching Exchange ... Social Psychology and Religion ...[2008/11/13]
  • Religion & psychology
    URL : www.theisticpsychology.org/articles/religion-science.htm
    What's the difference between religion and theistic psychology? ... Religion is always bound up with culture and history, while theistic psychology ...[2007/09/22]
  • Content Pages of the Encyclopedia of Religion and Social Science
    URL : hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/Psychology.htm
    Relationships between psychology and religion are complicated by the fact that ... and research traditions that collectively constitute the current psychology ...[2007/11/06]
  • Religion - Psychology Wiki
    URL : psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Religion
    ... religion ... religion and science. Sociology of religion. Development of religion ... Category: Psychology of religion. Improve Psychology Wiki by ...[2008/11/08]
  • Psychology and Religion
    URL : www.wordtrade.com/science/psychology/psychologyreligion.htm
    header for wordtrade.com ... Psychology & Religion ... This work will set the stage for the religion-psychology conversation for years to come. ...[2008/10/03]
  • Religion & Psychology
    URL : blog.lib.umn.edu/shawx001/RelPsy
    Religion and psychology - hmmm . . . what's that about? ... developments in non-mainstream religion and psychology movements, would you cite ...[2008/04/13]
  • The Religion of Psychology
    URL : www.mychristiansite.com/personal/shilohcomes/ropsuch.html
    psychology, serpent, dissociation, religion, crime, mesmer, hypnosis, ... relationship between psychology and religion.1 Psychologists, in ... Religion and ...[2008/11/21]
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