عنوان

Religious Objects and the Coping Process

شماره

LA109046

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Religious Objects and the Coping Process

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Mikael Lundmark

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This study addresses the psychological functions of physical religious objects in religious coping by presenting case studies on the use of prayer cloths. The cases are selected from a qualitative, in-depth interview study among Swedish practising Christians suffering from cancer, on religious experiences and expressions that serve in the process of coping with a life situation changed by the disease. It is argued that current psychological theories on coping and religion lack tools for understanding the role of physical religious objects in the process of religious coping. A theoretical framework that remedies this problem is suggested and applied to the case studies. The key feature of the theoretical framework is that it modifies and extends the coping theory of Kenneth Pargament by drawing on resources from object relations theory, especially the concept of "transitional object". The results suggests that the creation and/or handling of transitional objects is a reconstructing or preserving coping method, and that prayer cloths function as transitional objects when they (a) facilitate transition/movement between the inner subjective world and the outer objective world by being charged with significance, and (b) function as a coping tool for conserving this significance. This study addresses the psychological functions of physical religious objects in religious coping by presenting case studies on the use of prayer cloths. The cases are selected from a qualitative, in-depth interview study among Swedish practising Christians suffering from cancer, on religious experiences and expressions that serve in the process of coping with a life situation changed by the disease. It is argued that current psychological theories on coping and religion lack tools for understanding the role of physical religious objects in the process of religious coping. A theoretical framework that remedies this problem is suggested and applied to the case studies. The key feature of the theoretical framework is that it modifies and extends the coping theory of Kenneth Pargament by drawing on resources from object relations theory, especially the concept of "transitional object". The results suggests that the creation and/or handling of transitional objects is a reconstructing or preserving coping method, and that prayer cloths function as transitional objects when they (a) facilitate transition/movement between the inner subjective world and the outer objective world by being charged with significance, and (b) function as a coping tool for conserving this significance.

تاريخ نشر

2015

توصيف ظاهري

54-83

عنوان

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

شماره جلد

37/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1573-6121

اصطلاح موضوعی

coping

اصطلاح موضوعی

object relations theory

اصطلاح موضوعی

prayer cloths

اصطلاح موضوعی

psychology of religion

اصطلاح موضوعی

religious objects

اصطلاح موضوعی

transitional objects

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Mikael Lundmark

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15736121-12341301

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y