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Psychology of Religion

St. Xavier University, Chicago Illinois
Spring 1997 Semester
Instructor: David P. Smith

Schedule

Introduction:
Expectations about ³Psychology² and ³Religion²/definition of terms-Handouts
Background and approach of course
Class exercise: the Religious Experience Profile

Week 2 (February, 06, 1997)
Science and Religion-How We Know.

Readings:
Wells, The Definition of Religion (in packet)
Goldstein, What is Science? (in packet)
Sagan, Ch. 10 and 12 from The Demon-Haunted World (in packet)

Week 3 (February, 13, 1997)
Interpretive Approaches to the Study of Religion

Readings:
Paden, Interpreting the Sacred, Ch.1, 2, 7 and 8 (in packet

Week 4 (February, 20 , 1997)
Overview of the Psychology of Religion

Readings:
Biet-Hallahmi, ³The Psychology of Religion² pp. 1-61

Week 5 (February, 27, 19977)
Sigmund Freud and the Psychoanalytic Tradition

Readings:
Goodenough, What is Religion? (in packet)
Freud, Future of an Illusion, Ch. 1-5

Week 6 (March, 06, 1997)

Critiques of Freud
Readings:
Freud, Future of an Illusion, Ch. 5-10

Week 7 (March, 13, 1997)

Sigmund Freud and Carl G. Jung

Readings:
Jung, Psychology and Religion pp. 1-65

Week 8 (March, 20 , 1997)

Carl G. Jung and the Analytic Tradition
Readings:
Jung, Psychology and religion pp. 66-135
Wallace, Religion: An Anthropological View, pp. 13-31

Week 9 (April 3, 1997) MIDTERM 7-10 pages
American Psychology of Religion

Readings:
James,Varities of Religious Experience Lectures.1-3
excerpts from Lectures 4-10

Week 10 (April 10, 1997)
James and Pragmatic Approaches to Religion

Readings:
James, Varities of Religious Experience Lectures.19 and 20

Week 11(April 17, 1997)
Humanistic Psychology and Religion

Readings:
Allport, G. W., The individual and his religion. Ch. 1-3

Week 12 (April 24, 1997)
Influence of Allport on Empirical Studies of Religion

Readings:
Allport, G. W., The individual and his religion. Ch. 3-6

Week 13 (May 01, 1997)
Physiology and Personality of Religion

Readings:
Winkelman, Trance States (in packet)
Batson,Schoenrade and Ventis. ch. 5 and 6. (in packet

Week14 (May 08, 1997)
Humanistic to Transpersonal Perspectives in Psychology

Readings:
Maslow, A. H. , Religions, values and peak experiences. Ch. 1-8

Week 15 (May 15, 1997)
Contemporary Research and Trends

Readings:
Meadow, "Current and Emerging Themes in the Psychology of Religion"(in packet)
Batson, "An Agenda Item for Psychology of Religion: Getting Respect" (in packet

Week 16 (May 22, 1997)

FINAL-Research paper due (15-20 pages)

Review and Questions

The course schedule is subject to some modification. Documentary videos and guest lecturers will be incorporated into the curriculum.

Required Texts:

• Course Packet, selected readings from sundry sources

• Allport, G. W. (1950). The Individual and His Religion. New York: Macmillan.
  
• Freud, S. (1927). Future of an Illusion, Standard Edition, (Vol. 21, pp. 3-57). London.
  
• James, W. (1902/1985). The Varieties of Religious Experience. Cambridge:MA: HarvardUniversity.
  
• Jung, C. G. (1938). Psychology and Religion. (Vol. 10). New Haven: Yale University Press.
  
• Maslow, A. H. (1976). Religions, values and peak experiences. New York: VikingPenguin.

• Adler, M. C. and V. Doren (1972). How to Read a Book. New York: Simon and Schuster.
  
• Booth, W. C. (1996). The Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  
• Edwards, P. (1972). The encyclopedia of philosophy (vol. 7, 1-27). New York: Macmillan.
  
• Eliade, M. (1987). The encyclopedia of religion (vol. 12, 159-165). New York: Macmillan.
  
• Reese, W. L., Ed. (1980). Dictionary of philosophy and religion: Eastern and western thought. p. 347. Princeton, NJ: Humanities Press.
  
• Smith, J. Z., Ed. (1995). The Harper-Collins dictionary of religion. San Francisco: Harper.
  
• Strunk, W. and E. B. White (1979). The Elements of Style. New York: Macmillan Publishing.
  
• Williams, J. M. (1990). Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  
• Zinsser, W. (1985). On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction. (Third ed.). New York: Harper & Row.

• Allport, G.W., & Ross, J.M.. (1967). Personal religious orientation and prejudice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 5, 432-443.
  
• Batson, C. D., & Ventis, W. L. (1982). The religious experience: A social psychological perspective. New York: Oxford University Press.
  
• Batson, C. D., Schoenrade, P., & Ventis, W. L. (1993). Religion and the individual: A social psychological perspective. New York: Oxford University Press.

• Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin, (1981). Psychology and religion. In M.
• Bornstein, Ed., Psychology in Relation to Allied Disciplines. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  
• Benson, J. E. (1974). What is the church to make of psycholgy? A Journal of Theology, 13(2), 97-103.
  
• Bergin, A. E. (1980). Psychotherapy and religious values. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 48, 95-105.
  
• Bergin, A. E., & Garfield, S. L. (1994). Handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change (4th edition). New York: John Wiley.
  
• Bergin, A. E., & Jensen, J. A. (1990). Religiosity of psychotherapists: A national survey. Psychotherapy, 27, 3-7.
  
• Bernstein, R. (1983). Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: Science,
• Hermeneutics, and Praxis. Philedelpjia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
  
• Bollinger, R. A. (1985). Differences between pastoral counseling and psychotherapy. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 49(4), 371-386.
  
• Coles, R. (1990). Spiritual life of children. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
  
• Erikson, E. (1958). Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History. New York: W.W. Norton.
  
• Erikson, E. (1959). Identity and the life cycle: Selected papers. New York: International Universities Press.
  
• Feldman, K. A. (1969). Change and stability of religious orientations during college. In H. N. Malony, Ed., Current perspectives in the psychology of religion. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing.
  
• Fiske, D. W. a. R. A. Shweder. (Ed.). (1986). Metatheory in Social science: Pluralisms and subjectivities. chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  
• Frank, J. D. (1973). Persuasion and Healing: A Comparative study of Psychotherapy. New York: Schocken Books.
  
• Freud, S. (1912-1913). Totem and Taboo. In Standard Edition (pp. 9-55). London: Hogarth Press.
  
• Freud, S. (1927). Future of an Illusion. In Standard Edition (pp. 3-57). London:
  
• Freud, S. (1930). Civilization and its Discontents. In Standard Edition (pp. 3-57). London: Hogarth Press.
  
• Freud, S. (1933). New Introductory Lectures. In Standard Edition (pp. 238-49). London: HogarthPress.
  
• Freud, S. (1961). The future of an illusion. New York: Norton.
  
• Fromm, E. (1950) Psychoanalysis and religion. New Haven: Yale University Press.
  
• Ganje-Fling, M. A., & McCarthy, P. R. (1991). A comparative analysis of spiritual direction and psychotherapy. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 19(1), 103-117.
  
• Geertz, C. (1973). The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books.
  
• Hall, G. S. (1904). Adolescence: Its psychology and its relations to physiology, anthropology, sociology, sex, crime, religion, and education (2 Vols.). New York: Appleton.
  
• Hoge, D., & Petrillo, G. (1978). Development of religious thinking in adolescence: A test of Goldman's theories. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 17, 139-154.
  
• Homans, P. (1970). Theology after Freud: An interpretive inquiry. New York: Bobbs-Merrill.
  
• Homans, P. (1991). The ability to mourn. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  
• Hover, M. (1984). The role of CPE in medical education. Journal of Pastoral Care, 38(3), 226-232.
  
• Jackle, C. (1973). What's psychotherapy: what's pastoral? Journal of Pastoral Care, 27(3), 174-177.
  
• James, W. (1929). The varieties of religious experience. New York: Random House.
  
• Jorjorian, A. D. (1972). Reflections upon and definitions of pastoral counseling. Pastoral Psychology, 23(224), 7-15.
  
• Jung, C. (1938). Psychology and religion. New Haven: Yale University Press.
  
• Jung, C. (1971). Stages of Life. In J. Cmpbell (Eds.), The Portable Jung New York: Penguin Books.
  
• Jung, C. G. (1948). A Psychological Approach to the Dogma of the Trinity. In R. F. C. Hull (Eds.), Psychology and Religion: West and East Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
  
• Jung, C. G. (1957). The Undiscovered Self. In R. F. C. \Hull (Eds.),
• Civilization in Transition Princeton,NJ: Princeton University Press.
  
• Kakar, S. (1982). Shamans, Mystics and Doctors:A Psychological Inquiry into India and its Healing Traditions. Boston: Beacon Press.
  
• Kiev, A. (1964). Magic, Faith and Healing. New York: Free Press.
  
• Leuba, J. H. (1912). The psychological study of religion: Its origin, function, and future. New York: Macmillan.
  
• Leuba, J. H. (1916). The belief in God and immortality. Boston: Sherman, French.
  
• Luckmann, T. (1967). The invisible religion. New York: MacMillan.

• Malony, H. Newton (1991). Psychology of Religion: Personalities, Problems, Possibilities. Grand Rapids: Michigan.
  
• Mumford, M., Snell, A., & Hein, M. (1993). Varieties of religious experience: Continuity and change in religious involvement. Journal of Personality, 61, 289-293.
  
• Prince, R., & Savage, C. (1972). Mystical states and the concept of regression. In John White, Ed., The highest state of consciousness. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday Anchor.
  
• Regan, C., Malony, H. N., & Beit-Hallahmi, B. (1980). Psychologists and religion: Professional factors and personal belief. Review of Religious Research, 21, 208-217.
  
• Rychlak, J.F. (1981). A philosophy of science for personality theory (2nd ed.) Malabar,Fla:Krieger.
  
• Samuels, A. (1986). Critical Dictionary of Jungian Analysis. New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
  
• Schleiermacher, F. (1991). On religion: Speeches to its cultured despisers (trans. R. Crofter). New York: Cambridge University Press.
  
• Shafranske, E.P. (1996). Religion and the Clinical Practice of
• Psychology. Washington,DC : American Psychological Association
  
• Shafranske, E.P., & Malony, H.N. (1990). Clinical psychologists¹ religious and spiritual orientations and their practice of psychotherapy. Psychotherapy, 27, 72-78.
  
• Shweder, R. (1990). Thinking Through Cultures. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press
  
• Smith, J. Z., Ed. (1995). The Harper-Collins dictionary of religion. San Francisco: Harper.
  
• Starbuck, E. D. (1899). Psychology of religion. New York: Scribner's.
  
• Torrey, E. F. (1986). Witchdoctors and Psychiatrists. Harper and Row.
  
• Turner, V. (1969). The Ritual Process. Ithica,New York: Cornell University Press.
  
• Wallace, Anthon F. C. 1966. Religion: An Anthropological View New York: Random House.
  
• White, John (1972) Ed. The highest state of consciousness. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday Anchor.
  
• Worthington, E. L. (1986). Religious counseling: A review of published empirical research. Journal of Counseling and Development, 64(7), 421-431.
  
• Wulff, D. M. (1991). Psychology of religion: Classic and contemporary views. New York: John Wiley.
  
• Wuthnow, R. (1985). Science and the sacred. In P. E. Hammond, ed., The sacred in a secular age. Berkeley: University of California Press.

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