Psychology of religion courses in the undergraduate curriculum.

Chappell, Charisse; Tomcho, Thomas J.; Foels, Rob

doi:10.1037/rel0000188

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“…On the other hand, clinicians often feel ill-prepared to address religious/spiritual issues in their work (e.g., Vogel et al, 2013). Most training programs continue to be slow in adding training to their curriculum (e.g., Chappell et al, 2020; Vieten et al, 2016). And, in some contexts, training may not focus on religion/spirituality until the client broaches the topic with their therapist (Russell & Yarhouse, 2006).…”

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Approaches to understanding and aligning with religious leaders: A latent profile analysis of religious leaders’ worldviews.

McLaughlin¹,

Davis²,

Hook³

et al. 2022

Spirituality in Clinical Practice

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Religious people often seek help for mental health problems from their religious leaders. Yet, some religious leaders may not easily trust the mental health system. In this study, we employed latent profile analysis to explore differences in religious leader's worldviews and how they relate to attitudes toward psychological science (N = 401). We purposefully sampled from Catholic, Evangelical, and Mainline denominations. Results suggested three profiles of leaders: Theologically Conservative, Theologically Progressive, and Theologically Moderate. Sharp differences for these three groups resided in worldviews concerning same-sex marriage, gender roles in leadership, and human origins. We found that Theologically Conservative leaders in the sample were primarily open to drawing on psychology in counseling, but harbored concerns about the misalignment of faith and science. In contrast, the other two groups (Theologically Progressive and Theologically Moderate leaders) seemed much more amenable to drawing on psychology in a number of ministries and were less concerned about misalignment regarding ideology. From these findings, we draw on principles of implementation science to recommend strategies of promoting greater cooperation between religious leaders and psychologists.

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Section: Previous Research On Psychologist-clergy Collaborationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Approaches to understanding and aligning with religious leaders: A latent profile analysis of religious leaders’ worldviews.

McLaughlin¹,

Davis²,

Hook³

et al. 2022

Spirituality in Clinical Practice

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“…Psychology of religion is predicated on the assumption that the worshipping human is also the thinking (feeling) being, hence, the need to study religious behavior as a part of human functioning (Chappell et al 2020). One key religious idea to consider in this regard is the notion of the all-powerful healing God confined to a group's monopoly to the exclusion of the rest of us.…”

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“…Jean Piaget would be among Brown's categories of "brave innovators"; his psychological theories have lots of meaningful ideas to offer especially to postcolonial societies in their post Covid-19 practice of religion. Even though the idea of God has brought dissension and rupture to social relations especially in contemporary society, religious practices have become a defining attribute for many people (Chappell Tomcho, and Foels 2020), more so during crisis. Yet, as "animals of habit," our routines can empty itself of the primary treasures we found in the activities we intentionally engaged in, including religion.…”

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COVID-19: Harbinger of a New Psychology of Religion for Postcolonial Societies

Akpan

2020

Hu Arenas

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Religious practice, like every other human affair, was alteredat the onset of the pandemic. The paper argues that the "home church" as a Christian expression of religiosity during Covid-19, for instance, was a signalto something new at least in the theoretical realms of religion. More strongly,it was a vindication of postcolonial native societies (of Africa) whoseindigenous spiritualities were thwarted and/or abolished during the colonialera. The pandemic is theorized as a wake-up call for agency in these societies.The theorization relies upon Piaget's psychological "techniques" ofaccommodation and assimilation, opening various channels to answering thequestions: what was assimilated during colonialism that should have beenaccommodated and vice versa? And how has the pandemic uncovered that error ofinversion?

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“…Researchers realised that it was necessary to study spirituality and religion in relation to mental and physical health more than a century ago (Koenig, 2012). However, this issue is not present in most undergraduate Psychology courses in Brazil (Marques, 2017) or internationally (Chappell et al, 2020; Jafari, 2016).…”

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Religion, religiosity and spirituality: Conceptual differences in Brazilian psychotherapists' point of view

Cunha

Feliciano

Scorsolini‐Comin

2023

Couns and Psychother Res

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The study aimed at identifying conceptions of Brazilian psychotherapists about “religion,” “religiosity” and “spirituality.” This is an exploratory study with a qualitative approach. Twenty‐four psychotherapists from two cities, one in the state of São Paulo and the other in the state of Minas Gerais, with a mean of 10.54 years in clinical practice, participated in the study. The participants completed a semistructured interview, and the data were organised through content analysis. It was identified that the participants have vague or incomplete knowledge about these concepts and their differences when comparing the Psychology and Health literature. This seems to be justified by the historical–scientific social context of the training process and by the fact that they do not always attribute real importance to the theoretical precision of these terms in clinical management with their patients. The absence of more precise definitions and discussions of these concepts and terms can increase the chances of the issue being neglected or infrequently addressed in sessions. This can affect the performance, the bond with the patient and the behaviour itself in sessions.

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Psychology of religion courses in the undergraduate curriculum.

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

Approaches to understanding and aligning with religious leaders: A latent profile analysis of religious leaders’ worldviews.

Approaches to understanding and aligning with religious leaders: A latent profile analysis of religious leaders’ worldviews.

COVID-19: Harbinger of a New Psychology of Religion for Postcolonial Societies

Religion, religiosity and spirituality: Conceptual differences in Brazilian psychotherapists' point of view

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