The psychology of religion: an empirical approach (Fifth edition.)

Keeping up with the rapidly growing research base, the leading graduate-level psychology of religion text is now in a fully updated fifth edition.

It takes a balanced, empirically driven approach to understanding the role of religion in individual functioning and social behaviour.

Integrating research on numerous different faith traditions, the book addresses the quest for meaning; links between religion and biology; religious thought, belief, and behaviour across the lifespan; experiential dimensions of religion and spirituality; the social psychology of religious organizations; and connections to coping, adjustment, and mental disorder.