Book Description:
There has been a remarkable amount of popular and professional interest in the relationship between spirituality, religion, psychology, and health in recent years. This book begins with the importance of a critical methodology when studying the relationship between religion and psychology. Among the many topics presented is a study on the experience of contemporary peacekeepers faced with existential questions about life, death, being and the searching for meaning. Other chapters explore the relationship of holistic healing and personal development, recovery from trauma and spirituality, spirituality and a woman’s ability to deal with infertility, and the relationship between a person's health and their ability to forgive.

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Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter 1. Critical Methodology in the History of Psychology and Religion, pp. 1-6
(Robert Kugelmann—University of Dallas)

Chapter 2. Holistic Healing in Religion, Medicine, and Psychology, pp. 7-16
(Søren Ventegodt, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Isack Kandel,and Joav Merrick—The Quality Of Life Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Others)

Chapter 3. Being In The World Of Peacekeeping: Living The Unpresentable, pp. 17-62
(Susan L. Ray, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. Canada.)

Chapter 4. The Spiritual Dimensions of Trauma Healing, pp. 63-76
(Abdul Basit and John Tuskan—Northwestern University, Chicago and Others.)

Chapter 5. Is There a Place for Spirituality in the Care of Elderly Patients?, pp. 77-96
(Stéfanie Monod, Etienne Rochat, and Christophe Büla—Service of Geriatric Medicine & Geriatric Rehabilitation, University of Lausanne Medical Center, Lausanne, Switzerland.)

Chapter 6. Unforgiveness and Lifetime Prevalence of Psychopathology: Findings from an Epidemiological Study of United States Adults, pp. 97-134
(Loren Toussaint and Alyssa C.D. Cheadle—Luther College, Decorah, Iowa and Others).

Chapter 7. Unforgiveness and the Broken Heart: Unforgiving Tendencies, Problems Due to Unforgiveness, and 12-Month Prevalence of Cardiovascular Health Conditions, pp. 135-170
(Loren Toussaint and Alyssa C.D. Cheadle— Luther College, Decorah, Iowa)

Chapter 8. Discovering a Stronger Sense of Self: The Influence of Religion and Spirituality on Emotional Wellbeing of Infertile Women, pp. 171-206
(Robab Latifnejad Roudsari, Helen T. Allan,Pam A. Smith —
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, , and Others.)

Chapter 9. Navigating the Spiritual Journey of Infertility: Muslim and Christian Infertile Women’s Experiences, pp. 207-242
(Robab Latifnejad Roudsari, Helen T. Allan, Pam A. Smith
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, and Others.)

Chapter 10. Discourse on Volunteering: The Benefits and Barriers, pp. 243-254
(Karen S. Dunn— Oakland University, Rochester, MI)

Chapter 11. Representations of God Uncovered in a Spirituality Group of Borderline Inpatients, pp. 255-266
(Geoff Goodman—Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program of Long Island University)

Chapter 12. Two studies test the effects of religious hallucinations on perceptions of insanity, pp. 267-280
(Monica K. Miller and Sabrina Dolson—University of Nevada, Reno)

Chapter 13. Adaptive and Maladaptive Associations of Varieties of Religiousness and Belief, pp. 281-298
(Gerard Saucier—University Of Oregon, Eugene OR)

Short Commentary

1. What the Spiritual and Religious Traditions Offer Psychologists, pp. 299-306
(Thomas G. Plante—Santa Clara University, and others, Menlo Park, California.)

2. Resident Physicians’ Thoughts Regarding Compassion and Spirituality in the Doctor-Patient Relationship: A Brief Report, pp. 307-316
(Gowri Anandarajah, Marcia Smith and Gowri Anandarajah— The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and Others.)

Index