Psychologists' emerging interest in spirituality and religion as well as the relevance of each phenomenon to issues of psychological importance requires an understanding of the fundamental characteristics of each construct. On the basis of both historical considerations and a limited but growing empirical literature, we caution against viewing spirituality and religiousness as incompatible and suggest that the common tendency to polarize the terms simply as individual vs. institutional or ′good′ vs. ′bad′ is not fruitful for future research. Also cautioning against the use of restrictive, narrow definitions or overly broad definitions that can rob either construct of its distinctive characteristics, we propose a set of criteria that recognizes the constructs' conceptual similarities and dissimilarities. Rather than trying to force new and likely unsuccessful definitions, we offer these criteria as benchmarks for judging the value of existing definitions.

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Conceptualizing Religion and Spirituality: Points of Commonality, Points of Departure

The evolving self

Examines various industries to show how business endows products with evocative meaning. Kramer was one of the most visionary musical thinkers of the second half of the 20th century. In his The Time of Music, he approached the idea of the many different ways that time itself is articulated musically. This book has become influential among composers, theorists, and aestheticians. Now, in his almost completed text written before his untimely death in 2004, he examines the concept of postmodernism in music. Kramer created a series of markers by which we can identify postmodern works. He suggests that the postmodern project actually creates a radically different relationship between the composer and listener. Written with wit, precision, and at times playfully subverting traditional tropes to make a very serious point about this difference, Postmodern Music, Postmodern Listening leads us to a strongly grounded intellectual basis for stylistic description and an intuitive sensibility of what postmodernism in music entails. Postmodern Music, Postmodern Listening is an examination of how musical postmodernism is not just a style or movement, but a fundamental shift in the relationship between composer and listener. The result is a multifaceted and provocative look at a critical turning point in music history, one whose implications we are only just beginning to understand. A timely essay collection on the development and influence of secular expressions of Buddhism in the West and beyond. How do secular values impact Buddhism in the modern world? What versions of Buddhism are being transmitted to the West? Is it possible to know whether an interpretation of the Buddha’s words is correct? In this new essay collection, opposing ideas that often define Buddhist communities—secular versus religious, modern versus traditional, Western versus Eastern—are unpacked and critically examined. These reflections by contemporary scholars and practitioners reveal the dynamic process of reinterpreting and reimagining Buddhism in secular contexts, from the mindfulness movement to Buddhist shrine displays in museums, to whether rebirth is an essential belief. This collection explores a wide range of modern understandings of Buddhism—whether it is considered a religion, philosophy, or lifestyle choice—and questions if secular Buddhism is purely a Western invention, offering a timely contribution to an ever-evolving discussion. Contributors include Bhikkhu Bodhi, Kate Crosby, Gil Fronsdal, Kathleen Gregory, Funie Hsu, Roger R. Jackson, Charles B. Jones, David L. McMahan, Richard K. Payne, Ron Purser, Sarah Shaw, Philippe Turenne, and Pamela D. Winfield. `I judge this book to be something of a triumph. It provides many valuable insights into how social psychologists work within different paradigms and with quite different assumptions.... Throughout, the writing is clear, central issues are constantly reexamined, and sight is never lost of the whole \"task\" of the book... it addresses central issues both adventurously and provocatively. Students who use it are lucky to have such a feast provided, and they are bound to find the material both challenging and stimulating... there is much more about self issues in this text than in any comparable social psychology text. And that, in itself, is a major achievement' Self & Society This accessible, broad-based and a

The Saturated Self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life

The Seasons of a Man’s Life

As the scientific study of the individual person, personality psychology historically has struggled to provide the kind of broad conceptual framework capable of orienting theory and research around human individuality in cultural context. This article presents a new integrative framework for studying persons that brings together recent advances in the field of personality with the emerging social science emphasis on the narrative study of lives, while situating personality inquiry within the cultural context of contemporary modernity and the unique problems of the modern self. The frame-work builds on a clear distinction between the "I" and the "Me" features of personality in the modem world and the delineation of three relatively independent levels on which modern persons may be described. In personality, the I may be viewed as the process of "selfing," of narrating experience to create a modern self whereas the Me may be viewed as the self that the I constructs. Personality traits, like those included w...

Personality, Modernity, and the Storied Self: A Contemporary Framework for Studying Persons

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Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning. Author's Response

Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning

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Stages of Faith

Introduction. ADULT DEVELOPMENT THEORIES AND THE CRISIS OF VOCATION. The Crisis in Vocational Ideals. Images of Good Man/Good Woman in Ferment. From "Ideological Tepee" to Proteus: Continuity and Change. Adult Developmental Theorists as Philosophers and Gossips. DEVELOPMENTALISTS AS PHILOSOPHERS AND GOSSIPS. Developmentalists as Philosophers and Gossips (E. Erikson). Toward Generative Adulthood (D. Levinson). Seasons and Wisdom (C. Gilligan). TWO PATHS TO RESONSIBLE SELFHOOD. Faith Development Theory and the Human Vocation. Taking Stock. Faith, A Focus for Research. Stages of Faith and Human Becoming. FAITH DEVELOPMENT THEORY AND THE HUMAN VOCATION. Adulthood, Vocation, and the Christian Story. The Christian Classic and Its Narrative Structure. Christian Faith and the Human Vocation. The Challenge of Vocation. Vocation vs. Destiny, or Beyond Self-Actualization. CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY AND ADULTHOOD. Self and Others: From Destiny to Vocation. Vocational Existence and Christian Community. The Christian Story, Passion, and Affections. Virtues and Vocation. BECOMGING ADULT, BECOMING CHRISTIAN. Studies in Vocation. Vocation and the Stories of Our Lives. Development and Conversion. Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian. Acknowledgments. Index.

James W. Fowler

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Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning. Author's Response

Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning

Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning

Stages of Faith

Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian: Adult Development and Christian Faith