Constructs of meaning and religious transformation [[electronic resource] ] : current issues in the psychology of religion / / Herman Westerink

• Autore: Westerink Herman
• Pubblicazione: Göttingen [Germany], : V&R Unipress, : Vienna University Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 200.88
• Soggetto topico: Psychology, Religious
• Persona (resp. second.): WesterinkHerman <1968->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Title 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 ; Substantive 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 ; Subjective 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 ; Transformation 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 ; The 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 ; Social Facts in Time and Context
• Sommario/riassunto: Hauptbeschreibung 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Constructs of meaning and religious transformation
• ISBN: 3-7370-0099-9; 1-299-35623-0; 3-8470-0099-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910256652203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion and transformation in contemporary European society ; ; Bd. 4.