Religion and the individual : a social-psychological perspective / C. Daniel Batson, Patricia Schoenrade, W. Larry Ventis.

Author/creator Batson, C. Daniel, 1943-
Other author Schoenrade, Patricia.
Other author Ventis, W. Larry, 1943-
Other author Batson, C. Daniel (Charles Daniel), 1943-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Descriptionviii, 427 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Experience (Religion)
Religion and sociology.
Psychology, Religious.

Contents Toward a social psychology of religion -- Sources of the individual's religion -- Social sources of personal religion -- Individual development and religion -- Nature of individual religion -- Religious experience and personal transformation -- Facilitators of religious experience -- Dimensions of individual religion -- Consequences of individual religion -- Personal freedom or bondage? -- Mental health or sickness? -- Brothers-and-sisters or sheep-and-goats? -- Concern for others or self-concern? -- Implications -- Is religion on our side? -- The scientific method and social psychology of religion.
Abstract Uses methods of social psychology to explore the personal, rather than the institutional, perspective of religious experience and to analyze this uniquely human and universal behavior in scientific terms.
General noteRevised edition of: The religious experience.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 387-420) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Batson, C. Daniel (Charles Daniel), 1943- Religion and the individual. New York : Oxford University Press, 1993
LCCN 92028606
ISBN0195062086 (acid-free paper)
ISBN9780195062083 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0195062094 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
ISBN9780195062090 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks BL53 .B35 1993 ✔ Available Place Hold