ISBN:
9789047429067
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (348 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion Ser. v.20
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.6
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Religion and sociology
;
Religion
;
Religion and sociology
;
Religion
;
Social sciences
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion publishes empirical and theoretical studies of religion from a wide range of disciplines and from all parts of the globe. This volume includes a special section on Islam and Mental Health as well as articles on spirituality, psychological health, conversion, and the cultural psychology of religion.
Abstract:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Manuscript Invitation -- Couples Viewing Marriage and Pregnancy through the Lens of the Sacred: A Descriptive Study (Annette Mahoney, Kenneth I. Pargament, and Alfred DeMaris) -- Contemporary Conversions: Compensatory Needs or Self-Growth Motives? (Coralie Buxant, Vassilis Saroglou, and Jacques Scheuer) -- Alternative Spiritualities: Different Personalities? An Enquiry Concerning Paranormal Beliefs and Traditional Religiosity (Leslie J. Francis and Emyr Williams) -- Spiritual and Psychological Health of Malaysian Youths (Syed S. Imam, Abu S. Nurullah, Pute R. Makol-Abdul, Saodah A. Rahman, and Hazizan M. Noon) -- Cultural Psychology of Religion: Profi le of an Interdisciplinary Approach (Jacob A. Belzen) -- The Utility of the Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments (ASPIRES) Scale with Christians and Buddhists in Sri La nka (Ralph L. Piedmont, Mary Beth Werdel, and Mario Fernando) -- Introduction to Special Section: Islam and Mental Health: Fertile Ground for Research (Mark M. Leach) -- Post-Critical Beliefs in Iran: Predicting Religious and Psychological F unctioning (Nima Ghorbani, P. J. Watson, Kadijeh Shamohammadi, and Christopher J.L. Cunningham) -- Family Privacy as Protection: A Qualitative Pilot Study of Mental Illness in Arab-American Muslim Women (Dena Hassouneh and Anahid Kulwicki) -- Pakistani Muslims Dealing with Cancer: Relationships with Religious Coping, Religious Orientation, and Psychological Distress (Ziasma Haneef Khan, Saabera Sultana, and P. J. Watson) -- The Signifi cance of Islam for Coping with Loss and Bereavement: Palestinian Children Killed in Israel (Nader Shhadi, Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia, and Zvi Bekerman).
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