LEADER 05381 am 22006253u 450 001 9910256652203321 005 20170815104646.0 010 $a3-7370-0099-9 010 $a1-299-35623-0 010 $a3-8470-0099-3 024 8 $a10.14220/9783737000994 035 $a(CKB)2550000001017331 035 $a(EBL)1157025 035 $a(OCoLC)831115512 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001175809 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11679125 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001175809 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11120710 035 $a(PQKB)10198669 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1157025 035 $a(ScCtBLL)c066174f-4659-473b-abbb-1e04bc4cebb3 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001017331 100 $a20130327d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConstructs of meaning and religious transformation$b[electronic resource] $ecurrent issues in the psychology of religion /$fHerman Westerink 210 $aGo?ttingen [Germany] $cV&R Unipress $cVienna University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 225 1 $aReligion and transformation in contemporary European society ;$vBd. 4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-8471-0099-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aTitle Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Preface and Acknowledgements; Herman Westerink: Introduction: Religious and Spiritual Constructs of Meaning and Transformation; Meaning Making and Meaning Systems; Transformation, Religion and Spirituality; Short Description of the Content of the Present Volume; Literature; Part I: Religious and Spiritual Transformation; Niko Tiliopoulos: In Search of a Scientific Definition of Religion; Chapter Aim & Organisation; The Riddle of Religion; The Origin of the Word; Scientific Approaches to Defining Religion; Reductive vs. Nonreductive Approaches 327 $aSubstantive vs. Functional ApproachesNomothetic vs. Polythetic Approaches; Spirituality; Principles of an Adequate Scientific Definition of Religion; Epimyth; References; Maik Arnold: Religion as Experience: An Interpretative Approach to Cultural Psychology of Religion; Introduction: The Concept of `Religion as Experience'; Basic Concepts, Components, and Terminology of an Interpretative Psychology of Religion; Relationships between Experience and Action, Expectation and Events; The Problem of Articulation in the Process of Experiences-Formation 327 $aSubjective Experience from a First-Hand PerspectiveQuality of Lived Experience and Articulatory Meaning; Articulation of Religious Experiences in (Auto) Biographical Narratives; Story Telling as a Mode of Self-Thematization; Methodological Consequences for an Interpretative Psychology of Religion; The Problem of Reductionism and Possible Solutions; Comparative Analysis in the Cultural Psychology of Religion; Conclusions; References; James M. Day: Constructs of Meaning and Religious Transformation: Cognitive Complexity, Postformal Stages, and Religious Thought; Introduction 327 $aTransformation and Religious Development in Psychological ScienceThree Neo-Piagetian Paradigms: Faith Development, Religious Judgment Development, Religious Cognition and the Model of Hierarchical Complexity; Religious Development, Spiritual, and Moral Development: Conceptual and Empirical Relationships; Conceptual Questions and Empirical Problems in Faith Development and Religious Judgment Development Models: Can they be "solved"?; Meaning, Transformation, Religious Cognition and the Model of Hierarchical Complexity 327 $aThe Model of Hierarchical Complexity, Postformal Stage, and Religious Cognition in relation to other domains: Studies and FindingsPostformal Stages and Religious Cognition: Empirical Validity and Cross-Domain Relationships; Quantitative Analyses and Qualitative Studies of Postformal Religious Cognition: Believing as though, or as if; Transformation and Postformal Stage: What supports higher stage attainment?; References; Caroline Shepherd: A Discursive Psychology Framework for the analysis of Faith Attribution in Conversation; Non-real "Facts"; Facts as Social Artefacts 327 $aSocial Facts in Time and Context 330 $aHauptbeschreibung One of the major trends in the psychology of religion is the growing interest in religious and spiritual meaning making in relation to religious and spiritual transformation processes, notably as the aftermath of traumatic experiences and in situations of crisis, stress or disease when personal well-being is at stake and coping activities and skills are enhanced. This volume covers this broad and complex area of interrelated issues. The contributions focus on religious and spiritual meaning making and transformation. They do not compose an integrated perspective on 410 0$aReligion and transformation in contemporary European society ;$vBd. 4. 606 $aPsychology, Religious 615 0$aPsychology, Religious. 676 $a200.88 700 $aWesterink$b Herman$0977395 702 $aWesterink$b Herman$f1968- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910256652203321 996 $aConstructs of meaning and religious transformation$92226488 997 $aUNINA