scholarly journals Psychology of Religion Approaches to the Study of Religious Experience

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-54
Author(s):  
Ann Taves
Keyword(s):  
Religious Experience ◽  
Psychology Of Religion

Psychology of Religion

1997 ◽  
pp. 51-58
Author(s):  
O. Karagodina
Keyword(s):  
Religious Experience ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Psychology Of Religion ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
Religious Studies

Psychology of religion as a branch of religious studies, in contrast to the philosophy and sociology of religion, focuses attention mainly on the problems of individual religiosity - the phenomena of religious experience, religious beliefs, mechanisms of the emergence and development of religious experience. The psychology of religion studies the experience of the supernatural person, the psychological roots of this experience and its significance for the subjective. Since a person is formed and operates in a society, the study of religious experience must include its social sources.

Taking Psychoanalytic and Psychometric Perspectives toward a Binocular Vision of Religion

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-85
Author(s):  
Barbara Keller
Keyword(s):  
Hypothesis Testing ◽  
Current Psychology ◽  
Religious Experience ◽  
Binocular Vision ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Psychology Of Religion ◽  
Individual Experience ◽  
Personality Psychology ◽  
Large Samples ◽  
And Behavior

Abstract Current psychology of religion relies mostly on quantitative psychometric approaches for the description, explanation, or prediction of religious experience and behavior, risking narrow reifications of operational definitions and neglect of individual experience. Psychoanalytic concepts are rarely addressed, due to being seen as lacking a scientific foundation, such as hypothesis testing based on large samples. Psychoanalysts have been slow to discuss religion without suspicion of pathology. Recently, psychoanalysts have broadened their empirical work and a “narrative turn” is discernible in developmental and personality psychology, allowing the inclusion of subjective perspectives. Drawing on these developments a rapprochement of psychodynamic and psychometric approaches is suggested to gain more depth of vision. Examples are given for the areas of development, personality, and psychotherapy.

Religious Experience and the Theory of Signs

2021 ◽  
pp. 31-57
Author(s):  
Hans Joas
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Religious Experience ◽  
William James ◽  
Psychology Of Religion ◽  
Friedrich Schleiermacher

The foundation of the psychology of religion in the work of William James and others is a major methodological breakthrough in the empirical study of religion. This psychology of religion focuses on experience, offering an alternative to the emphasis on religious doctrines or institutions. This chapter first presents a reconstruction of William James’s relevant writings. It then compares them to the theological writings of Friedrich Schleiermacher, who is sometimes seen as a source of inspiration for James. Finally it demonstrates the epochal achievement of Josiah Royce’s combination of pragmatist semiotics and the psychology of religion.

scholarly journals Liturgy as Experience - the Psychology of Worship.
 A Theoretical and Empirical Lacuna

1993 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 83-100
Author(s):  
Owe Wikström
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Religious Experience ◽  
Psychology Of Religion

This article has three aims: 1) to plead for an approach to the study of the liturgy based on the psychology of religion, 2) to draw up a preliminary theoretical model for how the liturgy can be interpreted, and 3) to narrow down the field for further interdisciplinary development and empirical analysis. People undergo more or less strong experiences during and in conjunction with church services. Perhaps people are moved, experience holiness, reverence, fellowship or closeness to the risen Christ. The problem is what factors during the service strengthen such a religious experience. What is the role played by the music, symbols, the place or building where the service is held, the number of participants and the liturgical event?

The Value of Freud's Illusion

1975 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Floyd Westendorp
Keyword(s):  
Religious Experience ◽  
Psychology Of Religion ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
The Church ◽  
Made In

Freud wrote extensively regarding religion and his interpretation of the meaning of religious experience. Since Freud was a self-proclaimed atheist his writings have been largely ignored by the Christian church in general. This article summarizes some of Freud's basic insights into the psychology of religion, some criticisms presented of his perspectives by his Christian colleagues, and some potential practical applications of the insights that Freud has made in his writings, both in the church and in the practice of psychotherapy.

The Relevance of Theologies for Religious Experiencing

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 336-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph W. Hood
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Religious Experience ◽  
Mystical Experience ◽  
Psychology Of Religion ◽  
Content Areas ◽  
Empirical Psychology ◽  
Images Of God

The relevance of theologies for religious experience is illustrated in three content areas in the empirical psychology of religion: (a) projection theories of religious experience; (b) images-of-God research; and (c) identity theories of mystical experience. In each area arguments are made to indicate the relevance of theologies for empirical research.

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