Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 29

The general papers in Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 29 cover a range of topics including psychological type, prayer, nature and well-being, psychobiography, coping with addiction, and the role of place in spirituality. The first special section on congregational studies...

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Other Authors: Village, Andrew (Editor), Hood, Ralph W. (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2018.

Series: Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion 29.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353350.

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Call Number: BL60

Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Manuscript Invitation
  • Authors' Biographies
  • Ordering the Mess: Psychological Type Profiles of Adults in Messy Church Congregations /
  • Amanda Dawn Aspland
  • The Psychological Temperament of Catholic Priests and Religious Sisters in Italy: An Empirical Enquiry /
  • Leslie J. Francis and Giuseppe Crea
  • The Psychological Type of Individuals Attracted to Celtic Christianity Compared with the Psychological Type of Anglican Congregations /
  • Gill Hall and Douglas Hall
  • Lighting Candles and Writing Prayers: Observing Opportunities for Spiritual Practices in Churches in Rural Cornwall /
  • Tania ap Siôn
  • Investigating the Many Facets of Spirituality that Mediate the Relationship between Exposure to Nature and Psychological Well-Being /
  • Brooke M. Ruf , David C. Wang and John K. Williams
  • A Nonviolent Identity: A Psychobiographical Study of an Islamic Scholar /
  • Tomas Lindgren
  • The Pragmatic Believer-Faith Development and Personal Experiences of a 'Higher Power' in Seasoned Members of Narcotics Anonymous /
  • John-Kåre Vederhus and Magnhild Høie
  • The Circle of Place Spirituality (CoPS): Towards an Attachment and Exploration Motivational Systems Approach in the Psychology of Religion /
  • Victor Counted
  • The Place of Place within the Attachment-Religion Framework: A Commentary on the Circle of Place Spirituality /
  • Joel Gruneau Brulin and Pehr Granqvist
  • The National Church Life Survey in Australia
  • Twenty-Five Years of Data on Australian Churches: Strengths and Limitations /
  • Miriam Pepper , Ruth Powell , Sam Sterland and Nicole Hancock
  • Vitality in Protestant Congregations: A Large Scale Empirical Analysis of Underlying Factors across Four Countries /
  • Sam Sterland , Ruth Powell , Miriam Pepper and Nicole Hancock
  • Newcomers and Collective Confidence in Protestant Churches: A Longitudinal Study from 2001 to 2011 /
  • Sam Sterland , Ruth Powell , Nicole Hancock , Miriam Pepper and Martin Dowson
  • Why Do They Belong? Factors Influencing Sense of Belonging in Australian Catholic Parishes /
  • Robert Dixon and Dharmalingam Arunachalam
  • Local Churches and Innovativeness: An Empirical Study of 2800 Australian Churches /
  • Ruth Powell and Miriam Pepper
  • Applications of the Ideological Surround Model
  • Mindfulness within a Muslim Ideological Surround: Empirical Translation Schemes and Religious and Psychological Functioning of Islamic Seminarians in Iran /
  • Nima Ghorbani , P. J. Watson , Fazlollaha Tavakoli and Zhuo Job Chen
  • Fundamentalism within an Indian Ideological Surround: Commitment to Religious Tradition Predicts Hindu Openness /
  • Shanmukh V. Kamble , P. J. Watson , Deepti B. Duggi and Zhuo Job Chen
  • Sanctification of Learning and Religious Openness: Contrasts across Religious Fundamentalist and Biblical Foundationalist Ideological Surrounds /
  • P. J. Watson , Zhuo Job Chen and Ronald J. Morris
  • Religion within a Dark Triad Ideological Surround: Pluralistic Self as Dialogue across Private, Communal, and Public Space /
  • P. J. Watson , Zhuo Job Chen , Ronald J. Morris and Nima Ghorbani
  • Back Matter
  • Index.