The Healing Power of Spirituality
How Faith Helps Humans Thrive [3 Volumes]
1st Edition
Published on 30. December 2009
1092 pages
978-0-313-36646-8 (ISBN)
Description
This three-volume set addresses how the role of spirituality and its constructive expressions in various religions-and outside of formal religion-enhances human personality and experience.
Theologian and acclaimed scholar J. Harold Ellens now offers a breakthrough work on the positive impact of faith. In The Healing Power of Spirituality and Religion, an extraordinary group of scholars discuss the latest scientific research into the connection between belief and psychological and physical well-being.
Each volume of The Healing Power of Spirituality focuses on a specific aspect of the scientific exploration of faith and well being: volume one examines the healing power of personal spiritualities like I Ching and Transcendentalism; volume two looks at the subject in the context of Christianity, Judaism, and other world faiths; and volume three explores the psychodynamics of healing spirituality and religion, including the role of biochemical and chemical reactions in heightening psychospiritual apperception.
Theologian and acclaimed scholar J. Harold Ellens now offers a breakthrough work on the positive impact of faith. In The Healing Power of Spirituality and Religion, an extraordinary group of scholars discuss the latest scientific research into the connection between belief and psychological and physical well-being.
Each volume of The Healing Power of Spirituality focuses on a specific aspect of the scientific exploration of faith and well being: volume one examines the healing power of personal spiritualities like I Ching and Transcendentalism; volume two looks at the subject in the context of Christianity, Judaism, and other world faiths; and volume three explores the psychodynamics of healing spirituality and religion, including the role of biochemical and chemical reactions in heightening psychospiritual apperception.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
ISBN-13
978-0-313-36646-8 (9780313366468)
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12/2009
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Dr. J. Harold Ellens is a retired Presbyterian theologian and pastor, international lecturer, retired army colonel, and professor emeritus of classics, philosophy, and psychology.
Content
Volume 3 Psychodynamics
Series Foreword
chapter 1 God, the Bible, and Human Wholeness in the Life and Thought of C. G. Jung
Wayne G. Rollins
chapter 2 The Psychodynamics of Religions That Heal
Myrna M. Pugh
chapter 3 Spirituality: Method and Meanings
Zvi Lothane
chapter 4 Adolescence, Religion, and Health: A Developmental Model
Candace S. Alcorta
chapter 5 Thaumaturgical Psychology: The Healing Constitution of Human Being
Kamila Blessing
chapter 6 Spirituality in the Praxis of Gestalt Therapy
Philip Brownell
chapter 7 Healing Potential of Spiritual Experiences: Observations from Modern Consciousness Research
Stanislav Grof
chapter 8 The Dynamics of Religious Experience and Psychological Health: An Existential- Psychodynamic Perspective
Louis Hoffman, Glendon L. Moriarty, and Natalie Williamson
chapter 9 Mysticism, Madness, and Mental Health
Ralph W. Hood., Jr. and Greg N. Byrom
chapter 10 Religious Influences on Psychotherapy in Brazil
Francisco Lotufo-Neto
chapter 11 Neurotheology: The Interface of Neuropsychology and Theology
Ron Johnson
chapter 12 A Biblical View of Health, Sickness, and Healing: Overcoming the Traditional Greek View of Medicine
Kalman J. Kaplan, Matthew B. Schwartz, and Elizabeth Recht Jones
chapter 13 Entheogenic Contributions to Self- Transcendence, Healing, Pastoral Counseling, and Evangelism
Thomas B. Roberts
chapter 14 Entheogenic Healing: The Spiritual Effects and Therapeutic Potential of Ceremonial Ayahuasca Use
Kenneth W. Tupper
chapter 15 Can We Recover Religion for Those with Schizophrenia?
Steven A. Rogers and Erin L. Risher
chapter 16 The Role of the Placebo Effect, Individual Psychology, and Immune Response in Regulating the Effects of Religion on Health
Daniel J. Gaztambide
chapter 17 Internet Martyrs and Violence: Victims and/or Perpetrators?
Jan Willem van Henten
Index
About the Editor and Advisers
About the Contributors
Series Foreword
chapter 1 God, the Bible, and Human Wholeness in the Life and Thought of C. G. Jung
Wayne G. Rollins
chapter 2 The Psychodynamics of Religions That Heal
Myrna M. Pugh
chapter 3 Spirituality: Method and Meanings
Zvi Lothane
chapter 4 Adolescence, Religion, and Health: A Developmental Model
Candace S. Alcorta
chapter 5 Thaumaturgical Psychology: The Healing Constitution of Human Being
Kamila Blessing
chapter 6 Spirituality in the Praxis of Gestalt Therapy
Philip Brownell
chapter 7 Healing Potential of Spiritual Experiences: Observations from Modern Consciousness Research
Stanislav Grof
chapter 8 The Dynamics of Religious Experience and Psychological Health: An Existential- Psychodynamic Perspective
Louis Hoffman, Glendon L. Moriarty, and Natalie Williamson
chapter 9 Mysticism, Madness, and Mental Health
Ralph W. Hood., Jr. and Greg N. Byrom
chapter 10 Religious Influences on Psychotherapy in Brazil
Francisco Lotufo-Neto
chapter 11 Neurotheology: The Interface of Neuropsychology and Theology
Ron Johnson
chapter 12 A Biblical View of Health, Sickness, and Healing: Overcoming the Traditional Greek View of Medicine
Kalman J. Kaplan, Matthew B. Schwartz, and Elizabeth Recht Jones
chapter 13 Entheogenic Contributions to Self- Transcendence, Healing, Pastoral Counseling, and Evangelism
Thomas B. Roberts
chapter 14 Entheogenic Healing: The Spiritual Effects and Therapeutic Potential of Ceremonial Ayahuasca Use
Kenneth W. Tupper
chapter 15 Can We Recover Religion for Those with Schizophrenia?
Steven A. Rogers and Erin L. Risher
chapter 16 The Role of the Placebo Effect, Individual Psychology, and Immune Response in Regulating the Effects of Religion on Health
Daniel J. Gaztambide
chapter 17 Internet Martyrs and Violence: Victims and/or Perpetrators?
Jan Willem van Henten
Index
About the Editor and Advisers
About the Contributors
