Psychology of religion: perspectives from cultural psychology

After a brief introduction, this paper tries to establish what type of psychology the psychology of religion is. Having introduced cultural psychology in general, some theories applicable in research on religion are presented, and some examples of cultural psychological research of religious phenome...

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Published in:Mental health, religion & culture
Main Author: Belzen, Jacob A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2010
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Further subjects:B psychology of religion
B Research
B meta-theory
B cultural psychology
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Summary:After a brief introduction, this paper tries to establish what type of psychology the psychology of religion is. Having introduced cultural psychology in general, some theories applicable in research on religion are presented, and some examples of cultural psychological research of religious phenomena are discussed.
ISSN:1469-9737
Contains:Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13674670903415212