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| Module Availability |
Final Year PSY/APS
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| Assessment Pattern |
1) Two 1200-word analytic ‘response’ papers to selected texts (30%)
2) One annotated bibliography (20%)
3) 2000-word coursework essay (50%) |
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| Module Overview |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
| All Level 2 Psychology modules |
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| Module Aims |
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The course aims to introduce the psychology of religion as a psychological discipline and to consider it's relationship to related disciplines; to review the contributions of scholars representing a wide range of theoretical and research approaches to the psychological and psychosocial study of religion; and to enable students to critically interrogate cultural debates about religion from psychological and psychosocial perspectives.
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| Learning Outcomes |
| By the end of the course, the student should be able to evaluate various theoretical approaches to understanding religious beliefs, values, behaviour and development; discuss critically the findings of selected psychological studies; and assess the relevance of psychological theories and studies for particular applied contexts. |
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| Module Content |
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The course will be based around such topics as: the history of the psychology of religion; religious beliefs, values and experience; religious development and conversion; personality characteristics, religious orientation and prejudice; religion as identity and implications for inter-group relations; religion, health and coping; the influence of gender and culture in (the attribution of meaning to) religious experience and behaviour.
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
Lectures and seminars
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
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Basic reading materials will be provided in advance of each lecture. However, students will be expected to read widely beyond these.
Beit-Hallahmi, B., & Argyle, M. (1997). The psychology of religious behaviour, belief and experience. London: Routledge.
Fontana, D. (2003). Psychology, religion and spirituality. Oxford: BPS Blackwell.
Hood,R.W.,Hill,P.C.,& Spilka,B.(2009). The Psychology of Religion: an Empirical Approach (4th ed) New York: The Guildford Press.
Loewenthal, K. M. (2000). The psychology of religion: A short introduction. Oxford: Oneworld.
Loewenthal,K.(2007). Religion, Culture and Mental Health. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Paloutzian, R. F., & Park, C. L. (Eds) (2005). Handbook of the psychology of religion and spirituality. New York: The Guilford Press.
Watts,F.(2002). Theology and
psychology. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Journals
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Mental Health, Religion & Culture.
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| Last Updated |
01.10.10 |
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