The Psychology of Religion: An Empirical Approach (3rd edn.), by Bernard Spilka, Ralph W. Hood Jr., Bruce Hunsberger and Richard Gorsuch. New York: Guilford, 2003. 671pp., hbk. ISBN 9781572309012.
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- Religiosity and spirituality during the transition to adulthood (2010, unknown): “Tamminen, K. (1994). Comparing Oser’s and Fowler’s developmental”
- Spirituality with and without Religion—Differential Relationships with Personality (2012, background): “Spilka et al. (2003) suggest creating theoretical and operational definitions of spirituality that distinguish it from personal religiosity.”
- Religiosity, Attitude, and the Demand for Socially Responsible Products (2017, background): “Research on the psychology of religion (Spilka et al. 2003) has indicated that (intrinsically) religious people only appear to be helpful and pro-social, but that in reality they are preoccupied with their positive self-perception rather than with the needs of others (Batson et al.”
- Mystical-type experiences occasioned by psilocybin mediate the attribution of personal meaning and spiritual significance 14 months later (2008, unknown): “The Mysticism Scale (9-point version) has been extensively studied, demonstrates cross-cultural generalizability, and is well-regarded in the psychology of religion (Hood et al., 2001; Spilka et al., 2003).”
- How Does Prayer Help Manage Emotions? (2010, background): “Despite the fact that 75 percent of Americans report praying on a daily or weekly basis (Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life 2008), ‘‘from the perspective of science prayer remains a scarcely studied phenomenon’’ (Masters and Speilmans 2007:330; see also Spilka et al. 2003:490; Wuthnow 2008).”
- Is youth spiritual development a universal developmental process? An international exploration (2012, background): “Johnson and Boyatzis (2006) utilize a cognitive framework for exploring spiritual development, and invoke, as do other thinkers, the wisdom of William James.”