Advances In The Psychology Of Religion (international Series In Experimental Social Psychology)

This collection of previously unpublished papers, written by well known researchers in the psychology of religion, is unique in its broad coverage and in its comparison between quite different and strictly theoretical perspectives. The subjects range from theoretical analyses of social science perspectives on religion and its methods, to reports of experimental, correlational or descriptive studies of religious experience and attitudes. The emphasis throughout is on the directions in which this work might move in the future. Content: INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Acknowledgements , Pages v-vi Introduction to the Series , Page vii , MICHAEL ARGYLE Contributors , Pages ix-x 1 - Introduction , Pages 1-7 , L.B. BROWN 2 - New directions in the psychology of religion , Pages 8-17 , MICHAEL ARGYLE 3 - Religiously based differences in approach to the psychology of religion: Freud, Fromm, Allport and Zilboorg , Pages 18-33 , BENJAMIN BEIT-HALLAHMI 4 - Social anthropology and the psychology of religion , Pages 34-51 , PAUL HEELAS 5 - Psychology of religion as the study of the conflict between belief and unbelief , Pages 52-61 , A. VERGOTE 6 - Religious states of mind: a reversal theory interpretation , Pages 62-75 , MICHAEL J. APTER 7 - Non-experimental and experimental methods in the psychology of religion: a few thoughts on their implications and limits , Pages 76-112 , JEAN-PIERRE DECONCHY 8 - An S—O—R model of religious experience , Pages 113-126 , H. NEWTON MALONY 9 - Frame of reference as a prerequisite for the induction of religious experience through meditation: an experimental study , Pages 127-134 , JAN VAN DER LANS 10 - Religious experience and its induction , Pages 135-150 , DAVID HAY 11 - Social attitudes and religion , Pages 151-170 , L.B. BROWN 12 - Personality and religion: theory and measurement , Pages 171-184 , LESLIE J. FRANCIS 13 - Brotherly love or self-concern?: behavioural consequences of religion , Pages 185-208 , C. DANIEL BATSON, PATRICIA A. SCHOENRADE, VIRGINIA PYCH 14 - Psychological and psychiatric studies of new religions , Pages 209-223 , JAMES T. RICHARDSON Name Index , Pages 225-232 Subject Index , Pages 233-234