Journal of Psychology and Theology articles from September 2006

Journal of Psychology and Theology archives from September 2006

Philosophical issues in psychology and religion: an introduction.
September 22, 2006... The relationship between psychology and religion has been an issue of lively discussion over the past century. From the work of psychological pioneers like William James down to the present, this relationship has been conceptualized in...

Secular psychology: what's the problem?
September 22, 2006... Although both psychology and religion are concerned with many similar issues (e.g., health and well-being, meaning and purpose) and treat them in some analogous ways (e.g., counseling) they have long been formally separated. This formal...

Missed opportunities in dialogue between psychology and religion.
September 22, 2006... In the Middle Ages, studies of the natural world, human behavior and theology were part of an interwoven body of knowledge. However, in modern times an increasing divide has separated science and religion. A careful review suggests that...

Are psychology's main methods biased against the worldview of many religious people?
September 22, 2006... This article examines some of the more problematic aspects of recent efforts to integrate psychology and religion. Specifically, many religious people--psychology's main consumer and client--make different assumptions than many psychologists...

Psychology and religion: hermeneutic reflections.
September 22, 2006... Brent Slife (this issue) contends that classic social science methods quite naively and rather presumptuously have claimed to be value-neutral when, in fact, they are anything but. First, they tend to presuppose a tendentious philosophical...

Psychology, religion, and critical hermeneutics: comments on Reber, Slife and Whoolery, Nelson, and Richardson.
September 22, 2006... The articles in this issue have provided an important analysis of how psychology, so often stuck in Enlightenment foundationalism, needs to "catch up" with changes in the philosophy of science. These changes reveal that the older Enlightenment...

Integration: defending it, describing it, doing it.
September 22, 2006... The extensive literature on the integration of psychology and Christian faith falls into three rough categories: defending integration, describing integration, and doing integration. This article series is a very welcome and capable...

Theoretical issues in the relationship between psychology and religion: some comments on Reber, Nelson, Slife and Whoolery, and Richardson.
September 22, 2006... The article briefly responds to and comments on the four major articles by Reber, Nelson, Slife and Whoolery, and Richardson in this special issue of the Journal of Psychology and Theology. While a substantial case has been made for how...

Comments on articles by Nelson, Slife, Reber, and Richardson.(Viewpoint essay)
September 22, 2006... I have only tried to deepen our understanding of the issues surrounding the secular assumptions of much current psychology by doing four things: One, pointing out how the drive toward secularism or naturalism in psychological method is...

Response to Cooper and Browning's commentary.(psychology and religion )
September 22, 2006... Each of the four responses to the articles that began this special issue have challenged and deepened many of the ideas we think are critical to the relationship between psychology and religion and I greatly appreciate these authors'...

Hermeneutics and dialogue as tools toward integration: babies and bathwater, problems and solutions.
September 22, 2006... In this short essay it will be my privilege to extend the dialogue of this issue by responding to the comments of Siang Yang Tan (this issue), and then reflecting on some implications of his article and those of the other contributors. ...

Psychological method and the activity of god: clarifications and distinctions.
September 22, 2006... We are gratified by the serious and substantive comments on the four-article argument that begins this special issue. We are especially pleased to have Stanton Jones (this issue) involved in this dialogue, whose comment we are to focus upon...

Secularism, psychology, and hermeneutics.
September 22, 2006... We are fortunate, indeed, to have received such thoughtful and astute commentaries on our articles. My task is to reply briefly to Dallas Willard's remarks. It is quite a privilege to have a distinguished philosopher and philosopher of religion...

Conclusion: implications for the psychology of religion.
September 22, 2006... As we look back over the articles, comments, and replies of this special issue, we are struck by two themes that appear to garner the most agreement among the various authors and involve the most important implications for the psychology of...

Journal file.(research papers)
September 22, 2006... This section of the Journal attempts to keep readers informed of current resources of an integrative nature or those related to the general field of the psychology of religion appearing in other professional journals. A wide range of...

Hope and despair: science and religion.(Hope and despair: How Perceptions of the Future Shape Human Behavior)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... HOPE AND DESPAIR: SCIENCE AND RELIGION Reading, A. (2004). Hope & despair: How perceptions of the future shape human behavior. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Hardcover. xii+234 pp. $45.00. ISBN. 0-8018-7948-5. ...

Sexual Identity Development.(Sexual Identity: Living in the Time Between the Times)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... SEXUAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT Yarhouse, M. A. & Burkett, L. A. (2003). Sexual identity: Living in the time between the times. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, Inc. Paper. 182 pp. ISBN. 0-7618-2603-3. Yarhouse, M. A. & Tan, E....

Books received.
September 22, 2006... The following books have been received from publishers and are under consideration for review in the Journal of Psychology and Theology. Listing of a volume does not necessarily imply that it will be reviewed. Readers with appropriate academic...