Understanding the Psychological Soul of Spirituality
A Guidebook for Research and Practice
- 260 pages
- English
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Understanding the Psychological Soul of Spirituality
A Guidebook for Research and Practice
About this book
Understanding the Psychological Soul of Spirituality is a comprehensive exploration of spiritual constructs based on an empirical, evidence-based paradigm for understanding and addressing spirituality.
In a field where there is no current consensus on spirituality, this book provides a much-needed psychologically based definition and ontology that assists helping professionals in formulating their professional identities; developing effective and appropriate training models; furthering their understanding of what spirituality is and is not, from a psychological perspective; and more effectively addressing spiritual issues to support clients.
The authors provide a review of current issues in the area of spirituality, also called the numinous, and provide perspectives that address these concerns in ways that promote a fully scientific understanding of the construct. Ultimately the book provides a concise definition of the numinous that places it squarely in the social sciences. Chapters outline the clear value of the numinous for psychology and detail its relevance for professionals' training.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Praise
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of Figures and Tables
- About the Authors
- 1 A Brief Overview of the Current Status of Religiousness and Spirituality in the Social Sciences: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go
- 2 A Psychological Ontology for Understanding Spirituality and the Numinous
- 3 A Social Science Paradigm for Making Numinous-Based Clinical Interventions: From the Integration to the Collaboration of the Social Sciences and Theology
- 4 An Epistemological Approach to Understanding Spirituality and the Numinous
- 5 Overview of the Only FFM-Based Measure of the Numinous: The Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments (ASPIRES) Scale
- 6 The Logoplex as a Psychological Model for Understanding Meaning
- 7 Clinical Assessment of Clients that Includes the Numinous: Introduction to and Validation of the Comprehensive Psycho-Spiritual Clinical Interview (CPSCI)
- 8 Clinical Case Presentation
- 9 Recommendations for Developing the Science of the Numinous
- Author Index
- Subject Index