The Image of God and the Psychology of Religion

ISBN-13: 9780789027610 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 136 str.

Richard Dayringer; David Oler

Opis

Learn how people's perceptions of God reflect, and affect, their attitudes and everyday lives. Merges theology with science, presenting empirical research focused on perceptions of God in a variety of populations living in community and mental health settings.

Spis treści

• Foreword: From Anthropopathism to Transformational Religious Behavior (David Oler)
  
• Preface
  
• Liberating Images of God (Cynthia Stone)
  
• Attachment, Well-Being, and Religious Participation Among People with Severe Mental Disorders (Michelle A. Schottenbauer, Roger D. Fallot, and Christine L. Tyrrell)
  
• Concepts of God and Therapeutic Alliance Among People with Severe Mental Disorders (Michele A. Schottenbauer, Roger D. Fallot, Susan T. Azrin, and Robert Coursey)
  
• The Subjective Experience of God (M. Chet Mirman)
  
• Relationship of Gender Role Identity and Attitudes with Images of God (Christina Lambert and Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius)
  
• Reflections on a Study in a Mental Hospital (Richard Dayringer)
  
• The Formation of Adolescents’ Image of God: Predictors and Age and Gender Differences (Augustine Meier and Molisa Meier)
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

O autorze

Richard L Dayringer (Author) , David Oler (Author)