RT Book T1 Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion. T2 Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion Ser. A1 Piedmont, Ralph L A2 Village, Andrew LA English PP Leiden PB BRILL YR 2009 ED 1st ed. UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1696508169 AB 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. AB 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). OP 348 NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources CN BL60 SN 978-90-474-2906-7 K1 Social Sciences K1 Religion and sociology K1 Religion K1 Electronic books