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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779690303321

Titolo

The image of God and the psychology of religion / / Richard Dayringer, David Oler, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Binghamton, N.Y. : , : Haworth Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-136-43451-8

0-203-05118-1

1-299-45999-4

1-136-43444-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

American journal of pastoral counseling monographic "separates"

Altri autori (Persone)

DayringerRichard

OlerDavid

Disciplina

231

Soggetti

God (Christianity)

Image of God

Pastoral counseling

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

". has been co-published simultaneously as American journal of pastoral counseling, volume 7, number 2 2004."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; The Image of God and the Psychology of Religion; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword: From Anthropopathism to Transformational Religious Behavior: David Oler, PhD; Preface; Liberating Images of God: Cynthia Stone, PhD, MDiv; Attachment, Well-Being, and Religious Participation Among People with Severe Mental Disorders: Michele A. Schottenbauer, PhD, Roger D. Fallot, PhD and Christine L. Tyrrell, PhD; Concepts of God and Therapeutic Alliance Among People with Severe Mental Disorders: Michele A. Schottenbauer, PhD, Roger D. Fallot, PhD, Susan T. Azrin, PhD and Robert Coursey, PhD

The Subjective Experience of God: M. Chet Mirman, PhDRelationship of Gender Role Identity and Attitudes with Images of God: Christina Lambert, MA, MEd and Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius, PhD; Reflections on a Study in a Mental Hospital: Richard Dayringer, ThD; The Formation of Adolescents' Image of God:Predictors and Age and Gender Differences: Augustine Meier, PhD and Molisa Meier, MA (Honors); Index

Sommario/riassunto

What are the implications of a client's image of God?Improve your



confidence?and your practice skills?by enhancing your knowledge of how individuals are likely to perceive God, and of how those perceptions impact the way they function as human beings. Theologians have long speculated and theorized about how humans imagine God to be. This book merges theology with science, presenting empirical research focused on perceptions of God in a variety of populations living in community and mental health settings. Each chapter concludes with references that comprise an essential reading lis