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Religious orientation, mental health and culture : conceptual and empirical perspectives [PDF]
This special edition of Mental Health, Religion and Culture brings together thirteen original empirical studies that employ theories and measures based on the notion of ‘religious orientation’.
Francis, Leslie J.+2 more
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Panentheism and the undoing of disenchantment [PDF]
In this article I draw on historical and conceptual arguments to show, first, that disenchantment and the influential view of the relationship between science and religion to which disenchantment gives rise are rooted in the metaphysics of theism. I then
Archer+80 more
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This article is a review of the two recent and highly significant contributions to the existing literature on the psychology of religion. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion is criticized for its tendency to restrict the field to ...
Troels Nørager
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Rūmī’s Asceticism Explored: A Comparative Glimpse into Meister Eckhart’s Thought
This paper examines the nature of “asceticism” (rīyāḍat) in Sufism, revolving around the works of the 13th century Persian Sufi Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī Balkī and exploring two critical inquiries: Firstly, it seeks to determine whether Rūmī’s ...
Rasoul Rahbari Ghazani, Saliha Uysal
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Based on Schwartz's (1992) value theory, Fontaine, Luyten and Corveleyn (2000) found that the value patterns associated with Wulff's (1991, 1999) four approaches toward religion could be reduced to a combination of two theoretically meaningful value ...
Jacek Śliwak, Beata Zarzycka
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Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development (Review Article) [PDF]
This is a large volume with around 300 entries and 130 contributors, mostly from the USA. The editors are child developmental psychologists. ‘Spiritual development’ is taken to be ‘aboutbecoming a whole person, someone who stands for something that ...
Bigger, Stephen
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Abstract This study reports on a qualitative thematic analysis of secondary data from group session recordings collected as part of the Community Wise Optimization Trial. Community Wise is a multilevel behavioral intervention designed to increase critical consciousness and reduce substance use among formerly incarcerated men living in predominantly ...
Richmond E. Hayes+4 more
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Linking the religious and social environment to sexual minority mental health
Abstract In the United States, mental health disparities persist between sexual minorities – people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or other nonheterosexual identifications – and heterosexuals. Although research shows that structural stigma in one's environment may contribute to such disparities, little research has examined religious ...
Nathan R. Todd+4 more
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Abstract Equitable community‐academic research partnerships provide an innovative way to advance health outcomes among criminal legal system‐impacted individuals. The extant literature lacks accounts that detail the process for developing such partnerships, particularly in community‐based (rather than carceral) settings and with community organizations
Talia R. Cohen+7 more
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Lev S. Vygotsky's cultural-historical theory and Soviet psychology of religion: did they overlap? [PDF]
The paper examines the role played by one of the basic Marxist psychological theories in developing Soviet psychology of religion. An attempt is made to find out whether the cultural-historical theory of Lev S.
Alexey Dvoinin
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