The Oxford handbook of psychology and spirituality

Part 1 - Epistemological and ontological assumptions in history and culture. 1 The history and current state of research on psychology of religion - Ralph W. Hood, Jr.. 2 Theoretical and epistemological foundations - James M. Nelson and Brent D. Slife. 3 Parameters and limitations of current conceptualizations - Fraser N. Watts. 4 Progress in physics and psychologiical science affects the psychology of religion and spirituality - Everett L. Worthington, Jr.. 5 Complementarities in physics and psychology - C. Edward Richards. Part 2 - Personality and social psychology: universalism, absolutism, and relativism. 6 Personality, spirituality, and religion - Eric D. Rose and Julie J. Exline. 7 Overview and development of a trait-based measure of numinous constructs: the assessment of spirituality and religious sentiments (ASPIRES) scale. 8 Good and evil in religion: the interpersonal context - Christopher T. Burris and John K. Rempel. 9 Religion, altruism, and prosocial behavior: conceptual and empirical approaches - Elizabeth Midlarsky, Anthony S. J. Mullin, and Samuel H. Barkin. Part 3 - Spiritual development, family, and culture. 10 Spiritual development during childhood and adolescence - Chris J. Boyatzis. 11 Questions left unaddressed by religious familism: is spirituality relevant to nontraditional families? - Annette Mahoney and Elizabeth J. Krumrei. 12 Motherhood and female faith development: feminine tapestry of religion, spirituality, creativity, and intuition. 13 Colored spirituality: the centrality of spirit among ethnic minorities - Lillian Comas-Diaz. 14 Models of spiritual development - Harris Friedman, Stanley Krippner, Linda Riebel, and Chad Johnson. Part 4 - Prayer, intention and sacred dialogue in treatment: Western traditions. 15A Spiritually sensitive psychotherapy: an impending paradigm shift in theory and practice - Len Sperry. 15B Journey from a materialist to a postmaterialist perspective: a portrait - Len Sperry. 16 Honoring religious diversity and universal spirituality in psychotherapy - P. Scott Richards. 17 Counseling and psychotherapy within and across faith traditions - Mark R. McMinn, KImberly N. Snow, and Justin J. Orton. 18 Psychoanalysis, psi phenomena, and spiritual space: common ground - Ruth Rosenbaum. 19 Spiritual aspects of Jungian analytical psychology: individuation, Jung's psychological equivalent of a spiritual journey - Joseph P. Wagenseller. Part 5 - Mind, awareness and consciousness in treatment: Eastern traditions. 20 Contemplative traditions and meditation - Brendan D. Kelly. 21 Translation of Eastern meditiatve disciplines into Western psychotherapy - Randye J. Semple and Sean P. Hatt. 22 Eastern traditions, consciousness, and spirituality - Kartikeya C. Patel. Part 6 - Physical health and spirituality. 23 Spirituality, science, and the human body - Wayne B. Jonas, Matt Fritts, Gail Christopher, Maeba Jonas, and Susan Jonas. 24 Spirituality, emotions, and physical health - Crystal L. Park and Jeanne M. Slattery. 25 Spirituality, religion, and psychological counseling - Thomas G. Plante and Carl E. Thoresen. 26 Spirituality and recovery from serious mental problems - David Lukoff. Part 7 - Positive psychology and spirituality. 27 Positive psychology and spirituality: a virtue-informed approach to well-being - Joseph W. Ciarrocchi. 28 Spirituality, resilience, and positive emotions - Bruce W. Smith, J. Alexis Ortiz, Kathryn T. Wiggins, Jennifer F. Bernard, and Jeanne Dalen. 29 Constructing the connection between spirituality, work and family - Lee Joyce Richmond. 30 Spirituality and positive youth development - Peter L. Benson, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, and Peter C. Scales. Part 8 - The brain and spiritual experience. 31 Transformation of brain structure and spiritual experience - Andrew B. Newberg. 32 Neuroimaging and spiritual practice - Mario Beauregard. 33 The psychology of near-death experiences and spirituality - Bruce Greyson. Part 9 - Sacred consciousness and healing: postmaterial spiritual science. 34 Nonlocality, intention, and observer effects in healing studies: laying a foundation for the future - Stephan Schwartz and Larry Dossey. 35 Spirituality, connection, and healing with intent: reflections on cancer experiments on laboratory mice - William F. Bengston. 36 Knowledge, intention, and matter - William A. Tiller. 37 Consciousness, spirituality, and postmaterialist science: an empirical and experiential approach - Gary E. Schwartz. 38 A postmaterialist human science and its implications for spiritual activism - Amit Goswami. Part 10 - Conclusion. 39 Conclusion - Lisa J. Miller

'The authors of the forty chapters in this handbook see spirituality as being fundamental to the human constitution and foundational to the nature of our surrounding world. By deeply integrating spirituality into the existing landscape of psychology, they collectively reveal an entirely new formulation of psyche. In this handbook, spirituality is understood as ontologically real. Psyche connects us with the greater spirit, or consciousness, that is in us, through us and around us.' --Introduction

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