Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality

ISBN-13: 9783031102738 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 513 str.

Edward B. Davis;Everett L. Worthington Jr.;Sarah A. Schnitker

Opis

This handbook aims to bridge the gap between the fields of positive psychology and the psychology of religion and spirituality. It is the authoritative guide to the intersections among religion, spirituality, and positive psychology and includes the following sections: (1) historical and theoretical considerations, (2) methodological considerations, (3) cultural considerations, (4) developmental considerations, (5) empirical research on happiness and well-being in relation to religion and spirituality, (6) empirical research on character strengths and virtues in relation to religion and spirituality, (7) clinical and applied considerations, and (8) field unification and advancement. Leading positive psychologists and psychologists of religion/spirituality have coauthored the chapters, drawing on expertise from their respective fields. The handbook is useful for social and clinical scientists, practitioners in helping professions, practitioners in religious and spiritual fields, and students of psychology and religion/spirituality.
This is an open access book.

Spis treści

Part I: Historical and Theoretical Considerations

1) Integrating Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Transcending Coexistence to Potentiate Coevolution

2) Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality in Historical Perspective

3) On the Integration of Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Logical, Normative, and Methodological Questions

4) Virtues in Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

5) Theories of Health and Well-Being Germane to a Positive Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

6) Meaning as a Framework for Integrating Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religiousness and Spirituality

Part II: Methodological Considerations

7) Measurement at the Intersection of Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

8) Methodological Diversity in Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Part III: Cultural Considerations

9) Cultural Considerations in Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

10) Positive Psychology and Christianity

11) Positive Psychology and Judaism

12) Living the Good Life: An Islamic Perspective on Positive Psychology

13) Positive Psychology and Hinduism

14) Positive Psychology and Buddhism

15) "Positive Psychology and Religion/Spirituality Across Cultures in Europe, 

Non-U.S. North America, and South America"

16) Positive Psychology and Religion/Spirituality Across Cultures in Africa, Asia, and Oceania

Part IV: Developmental Considerations

17) Religion, Spirituality, and Youth Thriving: Investigating the Roles of the Developing Mind and Meaning-Making

18) Religious/Spiritual Development and Positive Psychology: Toward an Integrative Theory

Part V: Happiness and Well-Being

19) The Scientific Study of Life Satisfaction and Religion/Spirituality

20) The Scientific Study of Positive Emotions and Religion/Spirituality

21) The Scientific Study of Positive Psychology, Religion/Spirituality, and Physical Health

22) The Scientific Study of Positive Psychology, Religion/Spirituality, and Mental Health

Part VI: Character Strengths and Virtues

23) The Scientific Study of Religion/Spirituality, Forgiveness, and Hope

24) Religion/Spirituality and the Twin Virtues of Humility and Gratitude

25) Theological Virtues, Health, and Well-Being: Theory, Research, and Public Health

Part VII: Clinical and Applied Considerations

26) Integrating Positive Psychology, Religion/Spirituality, and a Virtue Focus Within Culturally Responsive Mental Healthcare

27) Meaningfulness and Religious/Spiritual Meaning Systems at Work: A Multilevel Framework

28) Positive Psychology and Religiousness/Spirituality in the Context of Couples and Families

29) Positive Psychology in the Context of Religious Communities

30) Building Spiritual Fortitude and Resilience Following Disaster: Synthesizing the Contributions of Positive Psychology and Religion/Spirituality

Part VIII: Field Unification and Advancement 

31) Future Directions for the Positive Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

O autorze

Edward B. Davis, Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College (IL), has published over 100 articles and chapters, mostly on the intersections of positive psychology and the psychology of religion and spirituality. He also is a licensed clinical psychologist who practices from a positive psychology framework that often is spiritually integrative. Davis has procured more than $4 million in funding as a principal investigator on research grants and was the recipient of the 2020 Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association’s Division 36 (Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality).

Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Commonwealth Professor Emeritus, has published over 500 articles and chapters and over 45 books on positive psychology, religion/spirituality, and the hope-focused couple approach. He does an essentially equal amount of basic scientific and applied research. He has co-edited several Springer-published handbooks. 

Sarah A. Schnitker, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Baylor University, studies virtue and character development in adolescents and emerging adults, with a focus on the role of spirituality/religion and technology in virtue formation. Schnitker has procured more than $6 million in funding as a principal investigator on multiple research grants and has published over 50 articles and chapters.

Blurb

This open access handbook aims to bridge the gap between the fields of positive psychology and the psychology of religion and spirituality. It is the authoritative guide to the intersections among religion, spirituality, and positive psychology and includes the following sections: (1) historical and theoretical considerations, (2) methodological considerations, (3) cultural considerations, (4) developmental considerations, (5) empirical research on happiness and well-being in relation to religion and spirituality, (6) empirical research on character strengths and virtues in relation to religion and spirituality, (7) clinical and applied considerations, and (8) field unification and advancement. Leading positive psychologists and psychologists of religion/spirituality have coauthored the chapters, drawing on expertise from their respective fields. The handbook is useful for social and clinical scientists, practitioners in helping professions, practitioners in religious and spiritual fields, and students of psychology and religion/spirituality.

• A comprehensive resource examining the intersections of positive psychology and the psychology of religion/spirituality
• Draws connections between two fields that research has increasingly shown to be connected

“This Handbook provides a masterful, comprehensive review of theory, research, and clinical applications at the exciting intersection between the psychology of religion/spirituality and positive psychology. It demonstrates each of those fields is incomplete without the other. This book should be in the shelf of every serious student of religion, spirituality, and psychology.”

-Pehr Granqvist, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Stockholm University, Author of Attachment in Religion and Spirituality: A Wider View

“Within this volume is found the next frontier of positive psychology, exponentially expanded through spiritual awareness and the translation of spiritual experience into lived positive cognition, behavioral habit, and practice. The editors of this volume help clear a rich new terrain for the next generation of humanitarian practitioners, researchers, and scholars.”

-Lisa Miller, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, Editor of Oxford University Press Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality, Author of The Awakened Brain and The Spiritual Child

“At last! This broad-based, creative, integrative handbook helps fill a niche by focusing directly on the interface between positive psychology and the psychology of religion and spirituality.”

-Julie J. Exline, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Co-Author of Working With Spiritual Struggles in Psychotherapy: From Research to Practice