SOCIAL SCIENCES PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION

Virtual Religion Index: Psychology of Religion
Directory of resources covering religious experience, therapies, and psychological theory.
www.rci.rutgers.edu

Psychological Influence in Spiritual Movements
A discussion of the features of psychological influence most common to spiritual movements.
www.xs4all.nl

Are We Hardwired for God?
The Guardian newspaper's review of Pascal Boyer's book "Religion Explained". (February 7, 2002)
www.guardian.co.uk

Psychology and Christianity Project
Research program at University of Cambridge seeking to apply psychology to the work of the Church.
www.divinity.cam.ac.uk

Centre for Ministry Studies
Research center within the University of Wales at Bangor. Includes abstracts for much of Leslie Francis' published research.
www.bangor.ac.uk

Tracing the Synapses of Our Spirituality
Washington Post article by Shankar Vedantam on researchers examining the relationship between brain and religion. (June 17, 2001)
www.maps.org

Nielsen's Psychology of Religion
Resources including online texts, course syllabi, bibliography, theoretical perspectives, and links to journals and professional organizations.
www.psychwww.com

Centre for Psychology of Religion (Leuven)
Dirk Hutsebaut's research program within the Psychology Department of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). Includes full-text articles for download.
ppw.kuleuven.be

Psychology and Religion
Collection of annotated links from Nikitas Kafkios. Categories include resources dealing with integration, anti-psychology sites, journals, and bibliographies.
www.psyche.gr

Functional Origins of Religious Concepts
Essay by cognitive anthropologist Pascal Boyer recounting theory and experimental evidence for the ontological and strategic selection of supernatural concepts.
www.sscnet.ucla.edu

Centre for Psychology of Religion (Louvain)
Publication abstracts and contact details of research program at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), headed up by Jean-Marie Jaspard. Bilingual: French and English.
www.psp.ucl.ac.be

Spirituality Research
Publishes empirical research on spirituality. It offers a conceptual and a graphic model of spirituality, and a questionnaire designed to measure the strengths of spiritual beliefs.
www.geocities.com

COG-SCI-REL-L
Archived cognitive science of religion email discussion list, focusing particularly on anthropological and cognitive developmental psychology research investigating the formation and transmission of religious ideas.
www.jiscmail.ac.uk

Campaign for Forgiveness Research
Supports 46 innovative scientific projects on forgiveness and reconciliation on the individual, family, and national levels. Includes details of individual projects, a speakers bureau, and information and personal stories about how to forgive.
www.forgiving.org

Spiritual Transformation Scientific Research Program
Funding program for investigation into the sociocultural, psychological and neurological factors that underlie the processes of spiritual transformations of individuals and groups. Includes literature review, timeline, and details of winning grants.
www.metanexus.net