Table Of ContentChapter 1: The History and Current Status of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Ralph W. Hood, Jr. Chapter 2: Theoretical and Epistemological Foundations James M. Nelson and Brent D. Slife Chapter 3: Parameters and Limitations of Current Conceptualizations Fraser N. Watts Chapter 4: Progress in Physics and Psychological Science Affects the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Everett L. Worthington Jr. Chapter 5: Spiritual Development during Childhood and Adolescence Chris J. Boyatzis Chapter 6: Questions Left Unaddressed by Religious Familism: Are Religiousness and Spirituality Relevant to Non-traditional Families? Annette Mahoney and Elizabeth J. Krumrei-Mancuso Chapter 7: Models of Spiritual and Transpersonal Development Harris Friedman, Stanley Krippner, Linda Riebel, and Chad Johnson Chapter 8: Awakening Education: Nurturing Spirituality in K-12 School Culture Amy L. Chapman, Lauren Foley, Jen Hebda Halliday, Karen Barth, and Lisa Miller Chapter 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 Chapter 10: Personality, Spirituality, and Religion Joshua A. Wilt, Julie J. Exline, and Eric D. Rose Chapter 11: The Numinous Motivation Inventory (NMI): A Second-generation Measure of Spirituality Ralph L. Piedmont Chapter 12: Religion, Altruism, and Prosocial Behavior: Conceptual and Empirical Approaches Elizabeth Midlarsky and Tanya Malik Chapter 13: Spiritually Sensitive Psychotherapy: An Impending Paradigm Shift in Theory and Practice Len Sperry Chapter 14: Journey From a Materialist to a Postmaterialist Perspective-A Portrait Len Sperry Chapter 15: Honoring Religious Diversity and Universal Spirituality in Psychotherapy P. Scott Richards Chapter 16: Counseling and Psychotherapy Within and Across Faith Traditions Mark R. McMinn, Megan Anna Neff, Kimberly N. Snow, and Nicholas Schollars Chapter 17: Psychoanalysis, Psi Phenomena, and Spiritual Space: Common Ground Ruth Rosenbaum Chapter 18: Spiritual Aspects of Jungian Analytical Psychology: Individuation, Jung''s Psychological Equivalent of a Spiritual Journey Joseph P. Wagenseller Chapter 19: Psychology, Meditation and the Brain Across Contemplative Traditions Brendan D. Kelly Chapter 20: Translation of Eastern Meditative Disciplines into Western Psychotherapy Randye J. Semple and Sean P. Hatt Chapter 21: Eastern Traditions, Consciousness, and Spirituality Kartikeya C. Patel Chapter 22: The Spirituality-Physical Health Linkage: The Key Roles of Emotions Crystal L. Park, Jeanne M. Slattery, and Tingyi Cao Chapter 23: Spirituality, Religion, Health, and Professional Psychology Thomas G. Plante Chapter 24: Spirituality and Recovery From Psychosis and Serious Mental Disorders David Lukoff and Will Hall Chapter 25: Transformation of Brain Function Associated With Spiritual Experience Andrew B. Newberg Chapter 26: Neuroimaging and Spiritual Practice Mario Beauregard Chapter 27: Near-Death Experiences and Spirituality Bruce Greyson Chapter 28: Nonlocal Consciousness and the Anthropology of Religions and Spiritual Practices Stephan A. Schwartz Chapter 29: Consciousness, Spirituality, and Postmaterialist Science: An Experimental and Experiential Approach Gary E. Schwartz Chapter 30: A Post-Materialist Human Science and Its Implications for Spiritual activism Amit Goswami Chapter 31: Beyond Ancient and Modern Superstitions Dean Radin Chapter 32: Nonlocality, Intention, and Observer Effects in Healing Studies: Laying a Foundation for the Future Stephan Schwartz and Larry Dossey Chapter 33: The Neuroscience of Savant Syndrome, Enlightenment, and Other Extraordinary States Diane Marie Hennacy Index
SynopsisPostmaterial spiritual psychology posits that consciousness can contribute to the unfolding of material events and that the human brain can detect broad, non-material communications. In this regard, this emerging field of postmaterial psychology marks a stark departure from psychology's traditional assumptions about materialism, making this text particularly attractive to the current generation of students in psychology and related health and wellness disciplines. For the most part, Gen Z is implicitly postmaterialist. This updated edition of The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality codifies the leading empirical evidence in the support and application of postmaterial psychological science. Lisa J. Miller has gathered together a group of ground-breaking scholars to showcase their work of many decades that has come further to fruition in the past ten years with the collective momentum of a spiritual renaissance in psychological science. Relevant to both current university students and established scientists and practitioners ready for new models and direction, the chapters trace with epistemological clarity the core questions of psychological science: How does the brain really work? How might experimental design reveal that all people truly are connected at the level of consciousness, both during our lives and after our deaths? Are there multiple pathways to awakening a spiritual reality? How can we pursue growth and spiritual transformation? With new and updated chapters from leading scholars in psychology, medicine, physics, and biology, the Handbook is an interdisciplinary reference for a rapidly emerging approach to contemporary science. Highlighting fresh ideas and supporting science, this overarching work provides both a foundation and a roadmap for what is truly a new ideological age., Postmaterial spiritual psychology posits that consciousness can contribute to the unfolding of material events and that the human brain can detect broad, non-material communications. In this regard, this emerging field of postmaterial psychology marks a stark departure from psychology's traditional assumptions about materialism, making this text particularly attractive to the current generation of students in psychology and related health and wellness disciplines. For the most part, Gen Z is implicitly postmaterialist.This updated edition of The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality codifies the leading empirical evidence in the support and application of postmaterial psychological science. Lisa J. Miller has gathered together a group of ground-breaking scholars to showcase their work of many decades that has come further to fruition in the past ten years with the collective momentum of a spiritual renaissance in psychological science. Relevant to both current university students and established scientists and practitioners ready for new models and direction, the chapters trace with epistemological clarity the core questions of psychological science: How does the brain really work? How might experimental design reveal that all people truly are connected at the level of consciousness, both during our lives and after our deaths? Are there multiple pathways to awakening a spiritual reality? How can we pursue growth and spiritual transformation? With new and updated chapters from leading scholars in psychology, medicine, physics, and biology, the Handbook is an interdisciplinary reference for a rapidly emerging approach to contemporary science. Highlighting fresh ideas and supporting science, this overarching work provides both a foundation and a roadmap for what is truly a new ideological age., This updated edition of The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality codifies the leading empirical evidence in the support and application of postmaterial psychological science. Lisa J. Miller has gathered together a group of ground-breaking scholars to showcase their work of many decades that has come further to fruition in the past ten years with the collective momentum of a Spiritual Renaissance in Psychological Science. With new and updated chapters from leading scholars in psychology, medicine, physics, and biology, the Handbook is an interdisciplinary reference for a rapidly emerging approach to contemporary science. Highlighting fresh ideas and supporting science, this overarching work provides both a foundation and a roadmap for what is truly a new ideological age.