Constructs of Meaning and Religious Transformation : Current Issues in the Psychology of Religion
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Constructs of Meaning and Religious Transformation : Current Issues in the Psychology of Religion

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Constructs of Meaning and Religious Transformation : Current Issues in the Psychology of Religion

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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 religious meaning making and transformation processes. Rather, this volume assembles and presents the current state of research on this complex of issues. Thus it not only provides an excellent overview of the psychological study of constructs of meaning and religious transformation, but also contributes to our knowledge of contemporary religious life in the context of socio-cultural transformation processes.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Body
  5. Preface and Acknowledgements
  6. Herman Westerink: Introduction: Religious and Spiritual Constructs of Meaning and Transformation
  7. Part I: Religious and Spiritual Transformation
  8. Niko Tiliopoulos: In Search of a Scientific Definition of Religion
  9. Maik Arnold: Religion as Experience: An Interpretative Approach to Cultural Psychology of Religion
  10. James M. Day: Constructs of Meaning and Religious Transformation: Cognitive Complexity, Postformal Stages, and Religious Thought
  11. Caroline Shepherd: A Discursive Psychology Framework for the analysis of Faith Attribution in Conversation
  12. Tatjana Schnell/William J. F. Keenan: The Construction of Atheist Spirituality: A Survey-Based Study
  13. Barbara Keller/Constantin Klein/Ralph W. Hood/Heinz Streib: Deconversion and Religious or Spiritual Transformation
  14. Part II: Religious and Spiritual Meaning, Well-being and Coping
  15. Rosa Scardigno/Giuseppe Mininni: What is it Like to Feel Good in this World? The Several Meanings of Religious Well-being
  16. Jessie Dezutter/Jozef Corveleyn: Meaning Making: A Crucial Psychological Process in Confrontation with a Life Stressor
  17. Tuija Hovi: Meanings of Healing: Experiences of Prayer-Team Members at the Christian Healing Rooms Service in Finland
  18. Valerie DeMarinis: Existential Meaning-Making and Ritualizing for Understanding Mental Health Function in Cultural Context
  19. Srdjan Sremac/R. Ruard Ganzevoort: Testimony and Transformation: Addiction, Meaning and Spiritual Change
  20. Jacques Körver/Marinus van Uden/Joseph Pieper: Post- or Para-Modern Devotion in the Netherlands?
  21. Marinus van Uden/Joseph Pieper/Janske van Eersel/ Wim Smeets/Hanneke van Laarhoven: Ritual Counseling and Religious Coping Processes in Cancer Patients
  22. Johan Bouwer: Leisure as Moderator for Spiritual Well-being?
  23. Alexey M. Dvoinin: Value and Meaning Orientations of the Religious Individual
  24. About the Authors