Psychology, Religion and Spirituality

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By David Fontana

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In Psychology, Religion and Spirituality, David Fontana examines how people experience, interpret and practise religion on personal and societal levels amidst the rise of religious fundamentalism. Using research, he explores the impact of religious and spiritual beliefs on behaviour and health, surveys various religious experiences and practices like prayer and meditation, and links these to major psychological theories. The book offers an accessible yet comprehensive study of the intersection between psychology, religion and spirituality.
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This book is suited for clergy, professional psychologists, students and teachers of psychology and religion, as well as general readers interested in understanding religious and spiritual experience through a psychological lens.

* Explores religion both as a social phenomenon and as a form of inner experience. * Explains why people believe what they do. * Looks at the effects of religious and spiritual belief upon behaviour, and upon physical and psychological health.

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At a time when religious fundamentalism is having a huge impact upon the world, Psychology, Religion and Spirituality helps us to understand how people acquire, conceptualise, and practise religion at both personal and social levels.

Drawing on relevant research material, author David Fontana explores the effects of religious and spiritual belief on behaviour, and on physical and psychological health. He outlines the various approaches to religious and spiritual experience and examines the different forms such experience takes.

He looks at religious and spiritual practices, such as prayer, meditation, and ritual, and links religion and spirituality to the major psychological theories. This reader-friendly book will be of interest to clergy, professional psychologists, and students and teachers of psychology and religion, as well as to the general public.

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The book has received high praise for its balanced and insightful treatment of the subject. Muslim News highlighted its critical thinking and spiritual hope in turbulent times. Charles T. Tart from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology expressed strong recommendation. Brian L. Lancaster from Liverpool John Moores University commended Fontana’s sympathetic and well-researched approach which challenges narrow psychological assumptions about religion. Overall, reviews describe the work as fascinating, enlightening and masterful.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781405108065

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 March 2003

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 417g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

David Fontana is a Chartered Psychologist and a Chartered Counselling Psychologist. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and was Founding Chairman of the Society’s Transpersonal Psychology Section. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology, together with a number of other degrees and professional qualifications, and is currently Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Cardiff University and Visiting Professor of Transpersonal Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University. He has written widely on the psychology of spirituality and on the traditions and practices of the major Eastern and Western psycho-spiritual traditions. His 23 books are translated into 26 languages.