Journal of Psychology and Theology articles from December 2001

Journal of Psychology and Theology archives from December 2001

Christianity and evolutionary psychology: Introduction to special issue--part 1.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Evolution is one of those rare words that illicit strong and often contrary emotional reactions among people who usually share similar worldviews. Within the academic community, the Darwinian definition of the word is practically worshipped and...

The pleistocene mind: A critical review of evolutionary psychology, and an introduction to intelligent design psychology.
December 22, 2001... Researchers and scientists in evolutionary psychology, a new theoretical perspective within the field of psychology, have proposed striking insights into human behavior based on our long evolutionary past. These insights and proposals have...

Sex differences: Evolved, constructed, and designed.
December 22, 2001... Evolutionary psychology (EP) is reviewed as one currently popular theoretical framework to explain and predict psychological and behavioral differences between women and men. This approach has considerable promise, but there are numerous...

Feeling humans and social animals: Theological considerations for an evolutionary account of human emotion.
December 22, 2001... In an overview of God and evolutionary theory in recent thought, Barbour (2000) categorizes various proponents as representing either a conflict, independence, dialogue, or integration approach. Using an evolutionary psychological (EP) model of...

Evolutionary theory and the emergence of moral nature.
December 22, 2001... The views of morality presented by evolutionary psychology and Christian theology are generally considered mutually exclusive. Love is central to the Christian message, but the self-sacrifice of Christian love seems incompatible with an...

Evolutionary psychology as computational theory in the cognitive sciences.
December 22, 2001... Scarcely a decade old, evolutionary psychology (EP) has developed a high profile within the cognitive sciences. EP's niche involves what David Marr (1982) called "computational theories:" functional descriptions of what information processing...

Intelligent design psychology and evolutionary psychology: A Comparison of rival paradigms.
December 22, 2001... The purpose of this article is to flesh out some details of the ideas at the core of the Intelligent Design movement as they apply to the field of psychology and to compare intelligent design psychology (IDP), specifically, a Christian version...

The international journal for the psychology of religion. (Journal file).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Genia, V. (2001). Evaluation of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale in a sample of college students Vol. 11(1), 25-33 Genia examines the psychometric qualities of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS). Originally, Paloutzian and...

American psychologist. (Journal file).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Seligman, M.E.P., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Positive psychology: An introduction Vol. 55 (1), 5-14 The authors of this article introduce a modern trend in the field of psychology, which is positive psychology. The purpose of...

Journal of clinical and consulting psychology. (Journal file).(psychology and minorities)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Hall, Gordon C. Nagyama (2001). Psychotherapy research with ethnic minorities: Empirical, ethical, and conceptual issues Vol. 69 (3), 502-510 Hall's article discusses the need for culturally sensitive therapies (CSTs) for ethnic...

Professional psychology: Research and practice. (Journal file).(passionate commitment to psychotherapy)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Dlugos, R. F., & Friedlander, M. L. (2001). Passionately committed psychotherapists: A qualitative study of their experiences Vol. 32(3), 298-304 The authors performed a qualitative study on a group of 12 peer nominated...

Journal of community psychology. (Journal file).(measuring wisdom)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Jason, L. A., Reichier, A., King, C., Madsen, D., Carnacho, J., & Marchese, W. (2001). The measurement of wisdom: A preliminary effort Vol. 29(5), 585-598 The authors present the Foundational Value Scale (FVS). It is an assessment...

A philosophical foundation for psychology.
December 22, 2001... Johnson, Phillip E. (2000). The wedge of truth: Splitting the foundations of naturalism. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Hardcover. 220 pp. $17.99. ISBN 0-8308-2267-4. Phillip E. Johnson graduated from Harvard University and the...