Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Psychology of Religion Module

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• Religious Motivation and Justification for Compassion and Violence
• The Scope of Religion and Links Between Psychology and Religion
• The Scope of Religion
• The History of Psychology of Religion
• Psychology of Religion and General Psychology
• Psychological Models and Religion
• Defining Religion and Exploring the Psychology of Religion
• Defining Religion
• Dimensions of Religious Commitment
• The Science-Versus-Religion Problem
• Religious Orientation
• Religious Development and Conversion
• Religious Development in Children and Adolescents
• Developmental Changes
• Religiousness and Sexuality in Adolescence
• Fowler’s Developmental Theory
• EXPLORATIONS IN PSYCHOLOGY: The Exemplary Religious Life and Advanced 
• Religious Thought of Mother Teresa
• Religion and Spirituality in Older Adults
• Religious Conversion
• Defining Conversion and Types of Conversion
• Conversion Processes
• Conversion and Personality Change
• Religious Experience, Attitudes, Behavior, and Health
• Religious Experience
• Religious Attitudes and Behavior
• The Religion-Prejudice Paradox
• Quest, and Means and Ends
• Means and Ends
• Religion and Physical Health
• Religion and Mental Health
• Coping
• Happiness
• Religion and Cults
• EXPLORATIONS IN PSYCHOLOGY
• David Koresh and the Branch Davidians
• Discussion: Religion, Spirituality, and Cults
• Exploring your Spiritual Well-Being
• Scoring and Interpretation
• SUMMARY
• Overview
• WEB LINKS
• GLOSSARY
• REFERENCES