RELI 376 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cultural Psychology, Human Science, Hermeneutics
8 Sep 2015
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Psychology of religion varies depending on time and place. Religion"s dominant social position when psychology emerged. Religion is an affair of the human beings and important human science. Religion can be approached from a variety of ways: The agreement on psychology of religion is varies, not homogeneous. Cohort effect : antipathy towards religion is decreasing. Religion is being pursued out of interest again. Religion is positively correlated with mental health and subjective well being. Process of globalization and cultural impact of immigration and pluralism. No longer disregard religious traditions, sentiments and customs. Large number of refugees and immigrants confront civil servants with the importance of their religious lives. Recognized social need to find out more about religiosity impact on the general populace. Aim of psychology of religion investigate psychologically the specificity of what religions is and does . Psychology of religion is by nature a branch of psychology works with theories and concepts, methodology, and general psychological theories.
