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Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality: Concepts and Applications
Fraser Watts
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Description for Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality: Concepts and Applications
Hardback. This book gives an up-to-date overview and evaluation of what psychology tells us about religious beliefs, practices, and experiences. Series: Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; JMB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality provides readers with a critical overview of what psychology tells us about religion and spirituality. It is concise without being simplistic, and the first such broad overview to be published for some years. Fraser Watts recognizes that 'religion' is complex and multi-faceted, taking different forms in different people and contexts. The book presents a broad view of psychology; whatever kind of psychology you are interested in, you will find it covered here, from biological to social, and from experimental to psychoanalytic. It focuses particularly on the varied concepts that psychologists have employed to make sense of ... Read more
Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality provides readers with a critical overview of what psychology tells us about religion and spirituality. It is concise without being simplistic, and the first such broad overview to be published for some years. Fraser Watts recognizes that 'religion' is complex and multi-faceted, taking different forms in different people and contexts. The book presents a broad view of psychology; whatever kind of psychology you are interested in, you will find it covered here, from biological to social, and from experimental to psychoanalytic. It focuses particularly on the varied concepts that psychologists have employed to make sense of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107044449
SKU
V9781107044449
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About Fraser Watts
Fraser Watts has combined a distinguished career as a psychologist with a distinguished record in theology and religious studies. For almost twenty years at the University of Cambridge, he led one of the largest research groups in psychology and religion. He received the American Psychological Association William Bier Award, and founded the Cambridge Institute for Applied Psychology and Religion.
Reviews for Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality: Concepts and Applications
'In a reflective survey of psychology and religion, Fraser Watts, psychologist, theologian, and Anglican priest, has produced a remarkable book. It is a highly selective and focused assessment of what in numerous handbooks (all referenced by Watts) take hundreds, even thousands, of pages to survey. … His book should be mandatory reading for psychologists currently involved in studying religion …' ... Read more