Two Steps Forward, One Back: Psychiatry, Psychology, and the New Religions
One prime motivation in this survey was to demonstrate that religion can be a positive feature in the lives of individuals. The suggestions of Latkin regarding future research are welcome. They evidence the way in which religion inte- grates social identity with individual self-understanding. Agreem...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[1995]
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1995, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 181-185 |
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| Summary: | One prime motivation in this survey was to demonstrate that religion can be a positive feature in the lives of individuals. The suggestions of Latkin regarding future research are welcome. They evidence the way in which religion inte- grates social identity with individual self-understanding. Agreement is expressed with Hutch's analysis that the controversy between those opposing and those affirming new religions is often a conflict between moral and functional understandings. Although the study of new religions needs to move toward a more progressive perspective, it is noteworthy that the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; American Psychiatric Associ- ation, 1994) still evidences a potentially negative bias toward religion within psychiatry. However, the document does include V codes that allow for spiritual and religious themes to be discussed without assuming psychopathology. |
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| ISSN: | 1532-7582 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "'Before I'd Be a Slave, I'd Be Buried in My Grave, and Go Home to My Lord and Be Free' (1995)"
Kritik von "New Directions in Applying Psychological Theory to the Study of New Religions (1995)" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0503_4 |