Walborn, Frederick.
Religion in personality theory / [electronic resource] Frederick Walborn. - Burlington : Elsevier Science, 2014. - 1 online resource (457 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Cover; Religion in Personality Theory; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; AN OVERVIEW OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY; WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS BOOK; Chapter 2 -- Sigmund Freud; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY; TOTEM AND TABOO; OCEANIC FEELINGS; OEDIPAL COMPLEX; RELIGION BEING A CRUTCH; THE DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS; RELIGION AND RATIONALITY; THE LIFE AND DEATH INSTINCTS; THE FUTURE OF RELIGION ACCORDING TO FREUD; RESEARCH ON FREUD'S WRITINGS ON RELIGION; THE FUTURE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS AND RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY; Chapter 3 -- Carl Jung. RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHYAN OVERVIEW OF JUNG'S MAJOR CONCEPTS AND RELIGION; JUNG AND EASTERN RELIGIONS; JUNG AND WESTERN RELIGIONS; ANSWER TO JOB; QUANTUM PHYSICS AND RELIGION; DOES GOD EVOLVE?; RELIGION AND THE FUTURE; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; SUMMARY; Chapter 4 -- Alfred Adler; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY; COAUTHOR WITH A LUTHERAN MINISTER; SOCIAL INTEREST; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; SUMMARY; Chapter 5 -- Karen Horney; HORNEY'S ADOLESCENT YEARS; HORNEY'S WRITINGS ON RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY; PERSONALITY THEORY AND RELIGION; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE ON PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY; HORNEY AND ZEN BUDDHISM. FREE WILL AND DIGNITYHEAVEN AND HELL; SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR AND RELIGION; EASTERN MYSTICISM; THE VIRTUOUS LIFE; THE EVOLUTION OF RELIGION; THE MASTER CULTURE; SUMMARY OF SKINNER'S WRITINGS ON RELIGION; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; SUMMARY OF THE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; Chapter 9 -- Albert Bandura; SPIRITUAL MODELING; SOCIALIZATION; GUILT, FORGIVENESS, AND SPIRITUAL SELF-EFFICACY; SUMMARY; Chapter 10 -- Walter Mischel; SPIRIT POSSESSION; DELAY OF GRATIFICATION; SUMMARY; Chapter 11 -- Raymond Cattell; THE CREATION OF BEYONDISM; THE PRACTICE OF BEYONDISM; BEYONDISM GOES BEYOND; THE UNIVERSAL REALITY. EMPIRICAL LITERATURESUMMARY; Chapter 12 -- Abraham Maslow; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY; DICHOTOMIZED RELIGION AND SCIENCE; DEFICIT NEEDS AND GROWTH NEEDS; SELF-ACTUALIZATION; PEAK EXPERIENCES AND MYSTICISM; EVOLUTION OF RELIGIONS; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; SUMMARY; Chapter 13 -- Victor Frankl; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY; HUMAN SEARCH FOR MEANING; UNCONSCIOUS RELIGION; MEDICAL MINISTRY; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; SUMMARY; Chapter 14 -- Gordon Allport; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY; MATURE VERSUS IMMATURE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT; RELIGION AND PREJUDICE; THE EVOLUTION OF RELIGION; THE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; SUMMARY. Chapter 15 -- John Bowlby.
Chapter 6 - Erik Erikson; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY; ERIKSON AND RELIGION; THE PSYCHOSOCIAL STAGES AND RELIGION; MARTIN LUTHER; GANDHI'S TRUTH; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; SUMMARY; Chapter 7 - Eric Fromm; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY; FROMM'S DEFINITION OF RELIGION; EXISTENTIALISM AND FREEDOM; THE EVOLUTION OF GOD; OLD TESTAMENT; NEW TESTAMENT; ZEN BUDDHISM; AUTHORITARIAN RELIGIONS; HUMANISTIC RELIGIONS; SUMMARY OF FROMM'S RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL WRITINGS; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE ON AUTHORITARIANISM; SUMMARY OF THE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE ON AUTHORITARIANISM; Chapter 8 - Burris Frederic Skinner; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY. Religion in Personality Theory makes clear the link between theory and research and personality and religion. Presently, most personality texts have a limited discussion of religion and reference few theorists other than Freud and Maslow in relation to the subject. This book reviews the theory and the empirical literature on the writings of 14 theorists. Every chapter concludes with a summation of the current research on the theorist's proposals. Identifies what major personality theorists say about religionInvestigates whether evidence supports or refute.
9780124079434 0124079431 1306189217 9781306189217 0124078648 9780124078642
Personality--Religious aspects.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Life Stages--General.
PSYCHOLOGY--Developmental--General.
PSYCHOLOGY--Developmental--Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY--General.
Personality--Religious aspects.
Electronic books.
BF698 / .R384 2014
155.2/3 154.367
Religion in personality theory / [electronic resource] Frederick Walborn. - Burlington : Elsevier Science, 2014. - 1 online resource (457 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Cover; Religion in Personality Theory; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; AN OVERVIEW OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY; WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS BOOK; Chapter 2 -- Sigmund Freud; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY; TOTEM AND TABOO; OCEANIC FEELINGS; OEDIPAL COMPLEX; RELIGION BEING A CRUTCH; THE DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS; RELIGION AND RATIONALITY; THE LIFE AND DEATH INSTINCTS; THE FUTURE OF RELIGION ACCORDING TO FREUD; RESEARCH ON FREUD'S WRITINGS ON RELIGION; THE FUTURE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS AND RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY; Chapter 3 -- Carl Jung. RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHYAN OVERVIEW OF JUNG'S MAJOR CONCEPTS AND RELIGION; JUNG AND EASTERN RELIGIONS; JUNG AND WESTERN RELIGIONS; ANSWER TO JOB; QUANTUM PHYSICS AND RELIGION; DOES GOD EVOLVE?; RELIGION AND THE FUTURE; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; SUMMARY; Chapter 4 -- Alfred Adler; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY; COAUTHOR WITH A LUTHERAN MINISTER; SOCIAL INTEREST; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; SUMMARY; Chapter 5 -- Karen Horney; HORNEY'S ADOLESCENT YEARS; HORNEY'S WRITINGS ON RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY; PERSONALITY THEORY AND RELIGION; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE ON PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY; HORNEY AND ZEN BUDDHISM. FREE WILL AND DIGNITYHEAVEN AND HELL; SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR AND RELIGION; EASTERN MYSTICISM; THE VIRTUOUS LIFE; THE EVOLUTION OF RELIGION; THE MASTER CULTURE; SUMMARY OF SKINNER'S WRITINGS ON RELIGION; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; SUMMARY OF THE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; Chapter 9 -- Albert Bandura; SPIRITUAL MODELING; SOCIALIZATION; GUILT, FORGIVENESS, AND SPIRITUAL SELF-EFFICACY; SUMMARY; Chapter 10 -- Walter Mischel; SPIRIT POSSESSION; DELAY OF GRATIFICATION; SUMMARY; Chapter 11 -- Raymond Cattell; THE CREATION OF BEYONDISM; THE PRACTICE OF BEYONDISM; BEYONDISM GOES BEYOND; THE UNIVERSAL REALITY. EMPIRICAL LITERATURESUMMARY; Chapter 12 -- Abraham Maslow; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY; DICHOTOMIZED RELIGION AND SCIENCE; DEFICIT NEEDS AND GROWTH NEEDS; SELF-ACTUALIZATION; PEAK EXPERIENCES AND MYSTICISM; EVOLUTION OF RELIGIONS; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; SUMMARY; Chapter 13 -- Victor Frankl; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY; HUMAN SEARCH FOR MEANING; UNCONSCIOUS RELIGION; MEDICAL MINISTRY; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; SUMMARY; Chapter 14 -- Gordon Allport; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY; MATURE VERSUS IMMATURE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT; RELIGION AND PREJUDICE; THE EVOLUTION OF RELIGION; THE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; SUMMARY. Chapter 15 -- John Bowlby.
Chapter 6 - Erik Erikson; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY; ERIKSON AND RELIGION; THE PSYCHOSOCIAL STAGES AND RELIGION; MARTIN LUTHER; GANDHI'S TRUTH; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; SUMMARY; Chapter 7 - Eric Fromm; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY; FROMM'S DEFINITION OF RELIGION; EXISTENTIALISM AND FREEDOM; THE EVOLUTION OF GOD; OLD TESTAMENT; NEW TESTAMENT; ZEN BUDDHISM; AUTHORITARIAN RELIGIONS; HUMANISTIC RELIGIONS; SUMMARY OF FROMM'S RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL WRITINGS; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE ON AUTHORITARIANISM; SUMMARY OF THE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE ON AUTHORITARIANISM; Chapter 8 - Burris Frederic Skinner; RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY. Religion in Personality Theory makes clear the link between theory and research and personality and religion. Presently, most personality texts have a limited discussion of religion and reference few theorists other than Freud and Maslow in relation to the subject. This book reviews the theory and the empirical literature on the writings of 14 theorists. Every chapter concludes with a summation of the current research on the theorist's proposals. Identifies what major personality theorists say about religionInvestigates whether evidence supports or refute.
9780124079434 0124079431 1306189217 9781306189217 0124078648 9780124078642
Personality--Religious aspects.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Life Stages--General.
PSYCHOLOGY--Developmental--General.
PSYCHOLOGY--Developmental--Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY--General.
Personality--Religious aspects.
Electronic books.
BF698 / .R384 2014
155.2/3 154.367