Integrating Psychology, Religion, and Culture

The Promise of Qualitative Inquiry
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-44961-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 86 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 170 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Psychology

Although science was originally broadly conceptualized as a systematic, rigorous activity to produce trustworthy knowledge, psychologists adopted a single philosophy of science and strictly enforced natural science as the only proper “scientific” psychology. Qualitative research has been part of modern psychology from the beginning, but it was obscured for nearly a century as positivist epistemology came to dominate the field. Building culturally robust and intelligible theories capable of responding more effectively to complex problems faced by a rapidly changing world calls for openness in methodological diversity. Deeply rooted in a hermeneutic tradition, cultural psychology has challenged the appropriateness of seeking reductive knowledge because higher mental processes such as religious beliefs, values, and choices are bound by historical and cultural context. As greater interdisciplinary integration and methodological innovations are necessary to keep psychology of religion relevant, narrative inquiry has emerged as a promising integrative paradigm.

Autoren/Hrsg.

H Pak, Jenny

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie Psychologische Diagnostik, Testpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Integrating Psychology, Religion, and Culture

The Promise of Qualitative Inquiry

Jenny H. Pak

Abstract

Keywords

1 Introduction: History of Qualitative Inquiry, Psychology and Religion

2 The Human Sciences: A Call for Methodological Pluralism

3 Review of Qualitative Research in Psychology of Religion

4 Cultural Psychology, Religion, and Narrative Inquiry

5 Conclusion: Towards Theoretical and Methodological Diversity in American Psychology of Religion

Acknowledgements

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Über Autor(innen)

Jenny H. Pak, Ph. D., is a professor at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology. She has published articles on cultural psychology, religion, and qualitative research, including Korean American Women: Stories of Acculturation and Changing Selves (Routledge, 2006).