Handbook on spirituality : belief systems, societal impact, and roles in coping / editors, Cleveland A. Stark and Dylan C. Bonner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bonner, Dylan C.

Stark, Cleveland A.

Series:

Religion and spirituality series.

Religion and spirituality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adjustment (Psychology)--Religious aspects.

Adjustment (Psychology).

Spirituality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the belief systems, societal impact and roles in coping with relation to spirituality. Topics discussed include spirituality in the workplace and ethical mindsets; spiritually-based organizations; crises and the spiritual perspective; psychology's view of religion and spirituality; enhancing spirituality and positive well-being through nature; the role of spiritism in Brazilian medicine and society and integrating science and spirituality in prevention of substance abuse

Contents:

""HANDBOOK ON SPIRITUALITY: BELIEF SYSTEMS, SOCIETAL IMPACT AND ROLES IN COPING ""; ""HANDBOOK ON SPIRITUALITY: BELIEF SYSTEMS, SOCIETAL IMPACT AND ROLES IN COPING ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE""; ""SPIRITUALITY, WORKPLACE SPIRITUALITY AND ETHICAL MINDSETS: AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE* ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""SPIRITUALITY ""; ""SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION ""; ""SPIRITUALITY AND BUSINESS ETHICS ""; ""AESTHETICS ""; ""MINDSETS""; ""ETHICAL MINDSETS ""; ""METHODOLOGY ""; ""RESULTS""; ""Aesthetic Spirituality ""; ""Religious Spirituality ""; ""DISCUSSION ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""

""THE INTERPRETATION OF CRISIS FROM THE SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE* """"ABSTRACT ""; ""STRUCTURAL CRISIS ""; ""SPIRITUALITY AS A ��POSTMODERN“ PHENOMENON ""; ""SCARCITY AND MONEY IN THE LIGHT OF MEASURE""; ""POVERTY AND LOVE AS ECONOMIC FEATURES ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""SPIRITUAL COPING AMONG BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS FROM DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""RELIGIOUS COPING ""; ""SPIRITUALITY AND SPIRITUAL COPING ""; ""ETHNIC DIFFERENCES ""; ""METHODS ""; ""Recruiting Participants ""; ""Measures ""; ""Statistical Analyses ""; ""RESULTS ""

""CONCLUSIONS """"ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""INTEGRATING SPIRITUALITY WITH POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN VIEW OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""HUMAN SPIRITUAL YEARNING ""; ""DEFINITION OF SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOSITY ""; ""GENDER, SPIRITUALITY, AND GOD ""; ""DOES SPIRITUALITY AS A CONSTRUCT HAVE ANY LATENT DIMENSIONS? ""; ""MEASURING SPIRITUALITY ""; ""SPIRITUAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING ""; ""SPIRITUALITY AND CHILD ABUSE ""; ""CAN SPIRITUALITY SERVE AS A RESOURCE AGAINST CHILDHOOD TRAUMA? ""; ""UNIQUE VARIANCE OF SPIRITUALITY ""

""SPIRITUALITY: A PREDICTOR OR AN OUTCOME VARIABLE? """"Spirituality and Positive Psychology ""; ""Implications of these Studies ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""Recent Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles""; ""PSYCHOLOGY'S VIEW OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY: A LONG SHORT HISTORY ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""OLD AND NEW TENSIONS ""; ""SIGMUND FREUD ""; ""CARL JUNG ""; ""JUNG�S ARCHETYPAL THEORY""; ""WILLIAM JAMES ""; ""BEHAVIORISM ""; ""OTHER VOICES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION ""; ""HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION ""; ""EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY�S VIEW OF RELIGION ""

""RELIGION AS ADAPTATION """"SPANDREL EXPLANATIONS ""; ""NEUROTHEOLOGY AND THE NEUROLOGY OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE ""; ""IMPACTS AND OUTCOMES OF RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL BELIEFS ""; ""NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF RELIGION? ""; ""RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM ""; ""EXPANSION OF PSYCHOLOGY�S PARADIGM TO INCLUDE SPIRITUALITY ""; ""PASTORAL PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING ""; ""TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY ""; ""INTEGRAL PSYCHOLOGY ""; ""THE MULTILEVEL INTERDISCIPLINARY PARADIGM""; ""THE MYSTERY OF CONSCIOUSNESS ""; ""HALLUCINOGENS, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND SPIRITUALITY ""; ""MINDFULNESS, MEDITATION, AND CONSCIOUSNESS ""

""CONCLUSION ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61942-483-5