Psychology of Religion [Lemming encyclopedia article] (original) (raw)
Classically defined, the psychology of religion consists of the systematic application of psychology's methods and interpretive frameworks to the broad domain of religion. As strictly a nonsectarian scholarly discipline, it should be carefully distinguished from "religious psychology ," which is the psychology that in varying degrees is explicit in the texts and teachings of a religious tradition; from "psychology and religion ," a phrase intended to suggest a mutually respectful dialogue between psychological theories and various perspectives in religious studies; from "psychology as religion," which designates clinically oriented forms of psychology grounded in "spiritual" conceptions of human existence; and from "integration of psychology and religion ," which constitutes variously conceived (and usually religiously conservative) efforts to critique, recast, and apply psychology within a particular theological framework....
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