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Religion, Religious Ethics, and Nursing
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ISBN: 9780826106636 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York, NY Springer Publishing Company, LLC

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Religions in the Modern World.Traditions and Transformations
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ISBN: 0415217830 0415217849 9780415217842 Year: 2002 Publisher: London Routledge

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Religious and Spiritual Practices in India : A Positive Psychological Perspective
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ISBN: 9819923972 9819923964 Year: 2023 Publisher: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer,

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This book explores the positive psychological aspects of religion and spirituality in the Indian context. It discusses the concepts and practices of Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Jainism, and Sikhism and their impact on overall well-being. As the global enthusiasm for Indian spirituality grows, this book brings together scholars to share their perspectives and reflections on various religious aspects. The chapters offer readers a psychological "capsule" of mental health, well-being, compassion, kindness, character strength, mind-body relationship, and mindfulness, providing practical strategies for a better quality of life. Furthermore, this book offers insights into the different perspectives of happiness and well-being measured across diverse demographics. It also provides a qualitative conceptualization of happiness among older people, reflections on positive aging, and highlights the facilitators and inhibitors of happiness. With its comprehensive coverage and multidisciplinary approach, this book serves as a valuable reference for postgraduate and doctoral students of Psychology, as well as a treasure trove in the libraries for researchers and faculties associated with spiritual psychology, positive psychology, religious studies, comparative literature, mental health professionals, academicians, and anyone interested in allied health fields.

The Laws of the Sun : the spiritual laws and history governing past, present and future
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ISBN: 1852308079 Year: 1996 Publisher: Shaftesbury, Rockport, Brisbane Element


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Toshihiko Izutsu and the philosophy of word : in search of the spiritual orient
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ISBN: 9784924971370 4924971375 Year: 2014 Volume: 33 Publisher: Tokyo International house of Japan


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The faith of Islam
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ISBN: 9781536136838 1536136832 9781536136821 1536136824 Year: 2018 Publisher: New York : Snova,


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Revising Cognitive and Evolutionary Science of Religion : Religion as an Adaptation
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ISBN: 3030635163 3030635155 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This unique and pioneering book critically appraises current work from both the cognitive science of religion and the evolutionary study of religion. It addresses the question: Why does the believer possess supernatural or religious beliefs in the combined context of his cognitive biases, their adaptive usefulness measured in terms of survival and reproduction, and the impact of social learning and cultural traits? The authors outlines a pluralistic approach to the study of religion that does not treat religion as an accidental by-product but an adaptation selected by natural selection. Chapters discuss the role of religious components for the evolution of cooperation and altruism, and explore the development of atheism and secular ideas, in cognitive and evolutionary terms. Topics such as the usefulness of religion, the transmission of religious beliefs, and a Darwinian approach to religion are among those addressed. Contrary to standard views, religious biases are regarded as shaped by cultural influences and not merely by natural dispositions. This monograph will particularly appeal to researchers who are looking for a scientific explanation of religion and religious beliefs but who do not stop at the level of narrow cognitive and evolutionary accounts. The work will also be of interest to students of philosophy, sociology, religious studies, theology, or anthropology who seek to explain such fascinating, complex, and unequivocal phenomena as religion and religious components.


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Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality
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ISBN: 3031102746 3031102738 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This open access handbook aims to bridge the gap between the fields of positive psychology and the psychology of religion and spirituality. It is the authoritative guide to the intersections among religion, spirituality, and positive psychology and includes the following sections: (1) historical and theoretical considerations, (2) methodological considerations, (3) cultural considerations, (4) developmental considerations, (5) empirical research on happiness and well-being in relation to religion and spirituality, (6) empirical research on character strengths and virtues in relation to religion and spirituality, (7) clinical and applied considerations, and (8) field unification and advancement. Leading positive psychologists and psychologists of religion/spirituality have coauthored the chapters, drawing on expertise from their respective fields. The handbook is useful for social and clinical scientists, practitioners in helping professions, practitioners in religious and spiritual fields, and students of psychology and religion/spirituality. A comprehensive resource examining the intersections of positive psychology and the psychology of religion/spirituality Draws connections between two fields that research has increasingly shown to be connected “This Handbook provides a masterful, comprehensive review of theory, research, and clinical applications at the exciting intersection between the psychology of religion/spirituality and positive psychology. It demonstrates each of those fields is incomplete without the other. This book should be in the shelf of every serious student of religion, spirituality, and psychology.” -Pehr Granqvist, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Stockholm University, Author of Attachment in Religion and Spirituality: A Wider View “Within this volume is found the next frontier of positive psychology, exponentially expanded through spiritual awareness and the translation of spiritual experience into lived positive cognition, behavioral habit, and practice. The editors of this volume help clear a rich new terrain for the next generation of humanitarian practitioners, researchers, and scholars.” -Lisa Miller, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, Editor of Oxford University Press Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality, Author of The Awakened Brain and The Spiritual Child “At last! This broad-based, creative, integrative handbook helps fill a niche by focusing directly on the interface between positive psychology and the psychology of religion and spirituality.” -Julie J. Exline, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Co-Author of Working With Spiritual Struggles in Psychotherapy: From Research to Practice.


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The Direction of Desire : John of the Cross, Jacques Lacan and the Contemporary Understanding of Spiritual Direction
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ISBN: 3031331079 3031331060 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan,

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“A deeply engaged inquiry into the possibility of mystical spiritual direction today - the true topic of the book is ourselves, our spiritual fate. Furthermore, Murphy ruthlessly analyses how mystical experience is caught in the global capitalist commodification - if you really want an authentic spiritual experience, you should begin with a critique of capitalism.” —Professor Slavoj Zizek, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, UK “Through a powerfully illuminating reading of Jacques Lacan’s ‘anti-experientialist’ psychoanalytic practice, Murphy uncovers the cultural forces which reduce spirituality to superficial notions of wellbeing.” —Dr Edward Howells, Associate Tutor at Ripon College Cuddesdon and Associate Member of Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, UK This book examines Lacanian psychoanalysis and Christian mystical theology demonstrating the former’s potential for reinvigorating spiritual direction. The author outlines how current methods of spiritual direction become saturated with self-help psycho-pop methodologies, and that desire has therefore been foreclosed in these practices. He suggests that the root of this is a focus on ‘positive affective experientialism’, which means spiritual direction must focus on emotional wholeness, healing and positivity. Finally, he argues that a new dialogue between John of the Cross (a mystic whose writings on spiritual direction formulate part of the core of the Catholic spiritual tradition) and Jacques Lacan can open the way for a spiritual direction beyond the confines of experientialism. The book concludes that we can only escape the experiential commodification of spiritual direction by critiquing the drive to experience in and of itself. This novel work will appeal in particular to students and scholars of psychoanalysis, religion, philosophy and critical theory. Mark Gerard Murphy is Lecturer at St Mary’s University, Gillis Centre, Scotland, where he convenes courses on ethics, philosophy, and mystical theology and spirituality. .

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