A history of Division 36 (Psychology of Religion).

2004 ◽  
pp. 91-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Reuder
Keyword(s):  
Psychology Of Religion ◽  
History Of

Hume and Smith on Natural Religion

Philosophy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Graham
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Adam Smith ◽  
Psychology Of Religion ◽  
Philosophical Theology ◽  
Scottish Enlightenment ◽  
Contemporary Philosophy ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Natural Religion ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

AbstractThe prominence of David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion in contemporary philosophy of religion has led it to overshadow his other short work, The Natural History of Religion, and thus obscure the fact that the social psychology of religion was in many ways of greater interest and more widely debated among the philosophers of the Scottish Enlightenment than philosophical theology. This paper examines and compares the social psychology of religion advanced by Hume and Adam Smith. It argues that Hume's account of the psychological sources and social significance of religion is less satisfactory than Smith's.

Psychology of Religion, History of

2012 ◽  
pp. 923-934
Author(s):  
Stephen Salbod ◽  
John D. Hogan ◽  
Mohamed Elhammoumi ◽  
Carl Ratner ◽  
Adam Crabtree ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychology Of Religion ◽  
History Of

Disregarding (and Disrespecting?) Religion in Social Psychology: The Case of the the Handbook of Social Psychology (4Th Edition)

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-68
Author(s):  
Michael J. Donahue
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Psychology Of Religion ◽  
Entire Field ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of

In spite of a burgeoning literature demonstrating the importance of religiousness as a determinant of a wide range of behaviors, social psychology continues to ignore this important construct. This article begins with the current spate of interest in religion in virtually the entire field of psychology, and then goes on to present a cursory history of the recent psychology of religion. Attention then turns to the most recent (4th) edition of The Handbook of Social Psychology (Gilbert, Fiske, & Lindzey 1998a), noting that the concept of religion is largely absent. It is concluded that there are disadvantages resulting in social psychology from this omission, including loss of explanatory power, and lack of engagement in important social issues.

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