عنوان

The Challenges of Research in the Psychology of Religion among Jewish (Israeli) Samples

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LA115947

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

The Challenges of Research in the Psychology of Religion among Jewish (Israeli) Samples

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[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Aryeh Lazar

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

Measures and conceptualizations in the psychology of religion have been developed on predominantly Christian samples and their transportation to the study of other religions can be problematic. A review of empirical research on Israeli Jewish samples in different research areas-measuring religiousness, religious motivation, mystical experience, prayer, religious support, religious fundamentalism, and religiousness & sexuality-is presented and the significance of differences in orthodoxy / orthopraxy orientation, religious theology and belief, religious practice, and sociological aspects of religious life for empirical research in the psychology of religion is demonstrated. Methodological recommendations in each instance are provided. Many of the insights and recommendations presented here are applicable to the study of additional non-Christian religions. Measures and conceptualizations in the psychology of religion have been developed on predominantly Christian samples and their transportation to the study of other religions can be problematic. A review of empirical research on Israeli Jewish samples in different research areas-measuring religiousness, religious motivation, mystical experience, prayer, religious support, religious fundamentalism, and religiousness & sexuality-is presented and the significance of differences in orthodoxy / orthopraxy orientation, religious theology and belief, religious practice, and sociological aspects of religious life for empirical research in the psychology of religion is demonstrated. Methodological recommendations in each instance are provided. Many of the insights and recommendations presented here are applicable to the study of additional non-Christian religions.

Date of Publication

2020

Physical description

39-64

Title

Journal of Empirical Theology

Volume Number

33/1

International Standard Serial Number

1570-9256

Subject Term

Judaism

Subject Term

psychology of religion

Subject Term

religion

Aryeh Lazar

Call Number

10.1163/15709256-12341409

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[Article]

275578

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