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Nielsen's Psychology of Religion
Resources including online texts, course syllabi, bibliography, theoretical perspectives, and links to journals and professional organizations. (infos)Centre for Psychology of Religion (Louvain)
Publication abstracts and contact details of research program at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), headed up by Jean-Marie Jaspard. Bilingual: French and English. (infos)
Psychological Influence in Spiritual Movements
A discussion of the features of psychological influence most common to spiritual movements. (infos)
Psychology and Christianity Project
Research program at University of Cambridge seeking to apply psychology to the work of the Church. (infos)
Spirituality Research
Publishes empirical research on spirituality. It offers a conceptual and a graphic model of spirituality, and a questionnaire designed to measure the strengths of spiritual beliefs. (infos)
Functional Origins of Religious Concepts
Essay by cognitive anthropologist Pascal Boyer recounting theory and experimental evidence for the ontological and strategic selection of supernatural concepts. (infos)
Tracing the Synapses of Our Spirituality
Washington Post article by Shankar Vedantam on researchers examining the relationship between brain and religion. (infos)
Perceptions of God Survey
Online research into images, concepts, and metaphors of God by Earl Schaefer. (infos)
Are We Hardwired for God?
The Guardian newspaper's review of Pascal Boyer's book "Religion Explained". (infos)
AmoebaWeb: Psychology and Religion
Douglas Degelman's directory of resources related to the integration of psychology with religion, sexuality, science, and prayer. (infos)