Religion Spirituality And The Social Sciences

Author : Spalek, Basia
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1847420419
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion, Spirituality and the Social Sciences written by Spalek, Basia and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2008-09-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This edited collection addresses important theoretical and methodological issues to explore ways of engaging with religion and spirituality when carrying out social science research. Divided into three sections, the book examines the notion of secularism in relation to contemporary Western society, including a focus upon secularisation; explores how the values underpinning social scientific enquiry might serve to marginalise religion and spirituality; and reflects on social science research methodologies when researching religion and spirituality."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Spalek, Basia
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 9781847420411
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion, Spirituality and the Social Sciences written by Spalek, Basia and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2008-09-03 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This edited collection addresses important theoretical and methodological issues to explore ways of engaging with religion and spirituality when carrying out social science research. Divided into three sections, the book examines the notion of secularism in relation to contemporary Western society, including a focus upon secularisation; explores how the values underpinning social scientific enquiry might serve to marginalise religion and spirituality; and reflects on social science research methodologies when researching religion and spirituality."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Jeff Levin
Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press
ISBN 13 : 1599474727
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and the Social Sciences written by Jeff Levin and published by Templeton Foundation Press. This book was released on 2018-08-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, researchers across the social sciences have made important contributions to the study of religion. Thanks to their inquiry, we have greatly improved our understanding of how religion influences the vital dimensions of our lives, communities, and institutions. To give this research the attention it deserves, editor Jeff Levin assembled a panel of preeminent social scientists and gave them a single directive: write the ultimate statement on religion from within their respective social science discipline or field. The result is this single volume, “state-of-the-science” compendium—a first of its kind for the study of religion. Composed of ten essays, this book details the study of religion within nine basic and applied areas of social science. Along with a critical introduction to this subject, these essays include the expert contributions of: Kenneth I. Pargament & Julie J. Exline on psychology Anthony Gill on political science Charles M. North on economics Barry Hankins on history Annette Mahoney on family studies Byron R. Johnson on criminology Linda K. George on gerontology William H. Jeynes on education Jeff Levin on epidemiology Each essay features: An introduction to the history of the discipline’s or field’s religious research, as well as its most important people and published works. A comprehensive overview of key research findings and theories. A detailed research agenda to guide future scholars. An annotated bibliography of seminal works for the reader’s further consideration. Broad in scope and essential in focus, Religion and the Social Sciences is a significant addition to the field. It will prove indispensable to both new and established scholars looking for a comprehensive treatment of the subject and seeking promising avenues to pursue in their own research.

Author : Peter C. Jupp
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131718663X
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sociology of Spirituality written by Peter C. Jupp and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of spirituality in contemporary culture in holistic forms suggests that organised religions have failed. This thesis is explored and disputed in this book in ways that mark important critical divisions. This is the first collection of essays to assess the significance of spirituality in the sociology of religion. The authors explore the relationship of spirituality to the visual, individualism, gender, identity politics, education and cultural capital. The relationship between secularisation and spirituality is examined and consideration is given to the significance of Simmel in relation to a sociology of spirituality. Problems of defining spirituality are debated with reference to its expression in the UK, the USA, France and Holland. This timely, original and well structured volume provides undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers with a scholarly appraisal of a phenomenon that can only increase in sociological significance.

Author : Doug Oman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319739662
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Religion and Spirituality Matter for Public Health written by Doug Oman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reviews the exploding religion/spirituality (R/S) and health literature from a population health perspective. It emphasizes the distinctive Public Health concern for promoting health and preventing disease in societies, nations, and communities, as well as individuals. Part I offers a rigorous review of mainstream biomedical and social scientific theory and evidence on R/S-health relations. Addressing key gaps in previous literature, it reviews evidence from a population health viewpoint, surveying pertinent findings and theories from the perspective of Public Health subfields that range from Environmental Health Sciences to Public Health Nutrition to Health Policy & Management and Public Health Education. In Part II, practitioners describe in detail how attending to R/S factors enhances the work of clinicians and community health practitioners. R/S provides an additional set of concepts and tools to address opportunities and challenges ranging from behavior and institutional change to education, policy, and advocacy. Part III empowers educators, analyzing pedagogical needs and offering diverse short chapters by faculty who teach R/S-health connections in many nationally top-ranked Schools of Public Health. International and global perspectives are highlighted in a concluding chapter and many places throughout the volume. This book addresses a pressing need for Public Health research, practice and teaching: A substantial evidence base now links religious and spiritual (R/S) factors to health. In the past 20 years, over 100 systematic reviews and 30 meta-analyses on R/S-health were published in refereed journals. But despite this explosion of interest, R/S factors remain neglected in Public Health teaching and research. Public Health lags behind related fields such as medicine, psychology, and nursing, where R/S factors receive more attention. This book can help Public Health catch up. It offers abundant key resources to empower public health professionals, instructors, and students to address R/S, serving at once as a course text, a field manual and a research handbook.

Author : R. L. Piedmont
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004166467
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion written by R. L. Piedmont and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-06-25 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a wide range of research on the psychological and sociological aspects of spirituality and religiousness. Volume 19 also contains a special section focusing on issues related to adolescent spirituality.

Author : Donald Swenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781551117911
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Society, Spirituality, and the Sacred written by Donald Swenson and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-09 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: InSociety, Spirituality, and the Sacred, Swenson draws on both Weber'sCharisma and Routinization of Charismaand Thomas O'Dea'sDilemmas of the Institutionalization of Religionto reveal how religion has both a positive and negative effect on people. Moving from the individual experience of the sacred to the more institutional religious experience, the book explores the many manifestations of religious life and offers a synthesis of folk religions, new religions, the New Age Movement, and the challenges posed by the secularization of contemporary life. This approach to studying the sociology of religion offers a more challenging and provocative opportunity for students compared to other texts on the market. The second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to integrate the latest developments in the field and to offer a more global approach to the study of religion. New chapters on women and religion and new religious movements have been added and discussions of Islam, indigenous religions and postmodernism have been significantly expanded. Comments: -This is a book by which all scholars of the field, beginning or advanced, can take their measure and find insight. This is a book that deserves continued currency.- - William Ramp,Sociology of Religion -This work makes a much-needed contribution to teaching and learning about the various forms of religious belief and action in our world." - Kevin J. Christiano, University of Notre Dame Donald S. Swensonis a Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal College, Calgary. He holds a degree in theology from the University of Ottawa and a PhD in sociology from Notre Dame University. He has taught, researched, and written on the sociology of religion for over twenty years.

Author : Sana Loue
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1493970399
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work Practice and Research written by Sana Loue and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This singular reference explores religion and spirituality as a vital, though often misconstrued, lens for building better understanding of and empathy with clients. A diverse palette of faiths and traditions is compared and contrasted (occasionally with secularism), focusing on areas of belief that may inspire, comfort, or trouble clients, including health and illness, mental illness, healing, coping, forgiveness, family, inclusion, and death. From assessment and intervention planning to conducting research, these chapters guide professionals in supporting and assisting clients without minimizing or overstating their beliefs. In addition, the book’s progression of ideas takes readers beyond the well-known concept of cultural competence to model a larger and more meaningful cultural safety. Among the topics included in the Handbook: Integrating religion and spirituality into social work practice. Cultural humility, cultural safety, and beyond: new understandings and implications for social work. Healing traditions, religion/spirituality, and health. Diagnosis: religious/spiritual experience or mental illness? Understandings of dying, death, and mourning. (Re)building bridges in and with family and community. Ethical issues in conducting research on religion and spirituality. The Handbook of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work Practice and Research is a richly-textured resource for social workers and mental health professionals engaged in clinical practice and/or research seeking to gain varied perspectives on how the religion and spirituality of their clients/research participants may inform their work.

Author : Ralph L. Piedmont
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047411412
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 17 written by Ralph L. Piedmont and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2006-12-31 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of RSSSR contains articles on conversion narratives of Jehovah’s witnesses, belief in an active Satan, afterlife beliefs, religiosity and parenting and spirituality as coping resource.

Author : Margaret Poloma
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 693 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Society, Spirituality and the Sacred written by Margaret Poloma and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: