The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality

Table of Contents
List of Contributors
1. The History and Current Status of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality • Ralph W. Hood, Jr.
2. Theoretical and Epistemological Foundations • James M. Nelson and Brent D. Slife
3. Parameters and Limitations of Current Conceptualizations • Fraser N. Watts
4. Progress in Physics and Psychological Science Affects the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality • Everett L. Worthington, Jr.
5. Spiritual Development During Childhood and Adolescence • Chris J. Boyatzis
6. Questions Left Unaddressed by Religious Familism: Are Religiousness and Spirituality Relevant to Nontraditional Families? • Annette Mahoney and Elizabeth J. Krumrei-Mancuso
7. Models of Spiritual and Transpersonal Development • Harris Friedman, Stanley Krippner, Linda Riebel, and Chad Johnson
8. Awakening Education: Nurturing Spirituality in K–12 School Culture • Amy L. Chapman, Lauren Foley, Jen Hebda Halliday, Karen Barth, and Lisa Miller
9. Virtues in Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Existing Overlap and Promising Possibilities • Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Richard G. Cowden, Edward B. Davis, and Julie J. Exline
10. Personality, Spirituality, and Religion • Joshua A. Wilt, Julie J. Exline, and Eric D. Rose
11. The Numinous Motivation Inventory: A Second-Generation Measure of Spirituality • Ralph L. Piedmont
12. Religion, Altruism, and Prosocial Behavior: Conceptual and Empirical Approaches • Elizabeth Midlarsky and Tanya Malik
13. Spiritually Sensitive Psychotherapy: An Impending Paradigm Shift in Theory and Practice • Len Sperry
14. Journey From a Materialist to a Postmaterialist Perspective—A Portrait • Len Sperry
15. Honoring Religious Diversity and Universal Spirituality in Psychotherapy • P. Scott Richards
16. Counseling and Psychotherapy Within and Across Faith Traditions • Mark R. McMinn, Megan Anna Neff, Kimberly N. Snow, and Nicholas Schollars
17. Psychoanalysis, Psi Phenomena, and Spiritual Space: Common Ground • Ruth Rosenbaum
18. Spiritual Aspects of Jungian Analytical Psychology: Individuation, Jung’s Psychological Equivalent of a Spiritual Journey • Joseph P. Wagenseller
19. Psychology, Meditation, and the Brain Across Contemplative Traditions • Brendan D. Kelly
20. Translation of Eastern Meditative Disciplines into Western Psychotherapy • Randye J. Semple and Sean P. Hatt
21. Eastern Traditions, Consciousness, and Spirituality • Kartikeya C. Patel
22. The Spirituality–Physical Health Linkage: The Key Roles of Emotions • Crystal L. Park, Jeanne M. Slattery, and Tingyi Cao
23. Spirituality, Religion, Health, and Professional Psychology • Thomas G. Plante
24. Spirituality and Recovery From Psychosis and Serious Mental Disorders • David Lukoff and Will Hall
25. Transformation of Brain Function Associated With Spiritual Experience • Andrew B. Newberg
26. Neuroimaging and Spiritual Practice • Mario Beauregard
27. Near-Death Experiences and Spirituality • Bruce Greyson
28. Nonlocal Consciousness and the Anthropology of Religions and Spiritual Practices • Stephan A. Schwartz
29. Consciousness, Spirituality, and Postmaterialist Science: An Experimental and Experiential Approach • Gary E. Schwartz
30. A Postmaterialist Human Science and Its Implications for Spiritual Activism• Amit Goswami
31. Beyond Ancient and Modern Superstitions • Dean Radin
32. Nonlocality, Intention, and Observer Effects in Healing Studies: Laying a Foundation for the Future • Stephan A. Schwartz and Larry Dossey
33. The Neuroscience of Savant Syndrome, Enlightenment, and Other Extraordinary States • Diane Marie Hennacy
Index