Author: NCCB, Bishops' Committee on Evangelization Staff
Publisher:
Published: 1981-01-01
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781555868291
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Dean R. Hoge
Publisher:
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9788101535102
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ralph W. Hood, Jr.
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Published: 2018-09-17
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1462535984
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Keeping up with the rapidly growing research base, the leading graduate-level psychology of religion text is now in a fully updated fifth edition. It takes a balanced, empirically driven approach to understanding the role of religion in individual functioning and social behavior. Integrating research on numerous different faith traditions, the book addresses the quest for meaning; links between religion and biology; religious thought, belief, and behavior across the lifespan; experiential dimensions of religion and spirituality; the social psychology of religious organizations; and connections to coping, adjustment, and mental disorder. Chapter-opening quotations and topical research boxes enhance the readability of this highly instructive text. New to This Edition *New topics: cognitive science of religion; religion and violence; and groups that advocate terrorist tactics. *The latest empirical findings, including hundreds of new references. *Expanded discussion of atheism and varieties of nonbelief. *More research on religions outside the Judeo-Christian tradition, particularly Islam. *State-of-the-art research methods, including techniques for assessing neurological states.
Author: David Yamane
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 019996498X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The history of Christianity and particularly of Roman Catholicism has been profoundly shaped by conversion for centuries, from the first apostles to such prominent modern converts as John Henry Newman, St Elizabeth Ann Seton, G.K. Chesterton, Thomas Merton, and Graham Greene. In this work, David A. Yamane offers a study of Roman Catholic converts in contemporary America.
Author: Catholic Church
Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781574550290
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Inspired by and based on Pope John Paul II's apostolic exhortation I Will Give You Shepherds (Pastores Dabo Vobis).
Author: Marc David Baer
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 829
ISBN-13: 0195338529
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This handbook offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamics of religious conversion, which for centuries has profoundly shaped societies, cultures, and individuals throughout the world.
Author: Bullivant, Stephen
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1587687860
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The results of a project in the UK that invited Catholics who no longer regularly practice their faith to share their story. Why they left and what could be done to change this are two of the questions explored.
Author: James O'Toole
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2004-01-08
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781555535827
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection is both a tribute to the distinguished work of Thomas H. O'Connor, the dean of Boston historians, and a survey of the best and innovative contemporary work on Boston's diverse histories.
Author: H. Gooren
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010-09-27
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 0230113036
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is the first in over a decade to attempt a systematic synthesis of the field of conversion studies, encompassing the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, psychology, history, and theology. Gooren analyzes conversion and disaffiliation in a worldwide comparative framework, using data from North America, Europe, and Latin America.