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Preliminary Material /Ralph L. Piedmont -- Couples Viewing Marriage And Pregnancy Through The Lens Of The Sacred: A Descriptive Study /Annette Mahoney , Kenneth I. Pargament and Alfred Demaris -- Contemporary Conversions: Compensatory Needs Or Self-Growth Motives? /Coralie Buxant , Vassilis Saroglou and Jacques Scheuer -- Alternative Spiritualities:Different Personalities? An Enquiry Concerning Paranormal Beliefs And Traditional Religiosity /Leslie J. Francis and Emyr Williams -- Spiritual And Psychological Health Of Malaysian Youths /Syed S. Imam , Abu S. Nurullah , Pute R. Makol-Abdul , Saodah A. Rahman and Hazizan M. Noon -- Cultural Psychology Of Religion: Profile Of An Interdisciplinary Approach /Jacob A. Belzen -- The Utility Of The Assessment Of Spirituality And Religious Sentiments (Aspires) Scale With Christians And Buddhists In Sri Lanka /Ralph L. Piedmont , Mary Beth Werdel and Mario Fernando -- Introduction To Special Section: Islam And Mental Health: Fertile Ground For Research /Mark M. Leach -- Post-Critical Beliefs In Iran: Predicting Religious And Psychological Functioning /Nima Ghorbani , P. J. Watson , Kadijeh Shamohammadi and Christopher J. L. Cunningham -- Family Privacy As Protection: A Qualitative Pilot Study Of Mental Illness In Arab-American Muslim Women /Dena Hassouneh and Anahid Kulwicki -- Pakistani Muslims Dealing With Cancer: Relationships With Religious Coping, Religious Orientation, And Psychological Distress /Ziasma Haneef Khan , Saabera Sultana and P. J. Watson -- The Significance Of Islam For Coping With Loss And Bereavement: Palestinian Children Killed In Israel /Nader Shhadi , Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia and Zvi Bekerman -- The Impact Of The Explicit Integration Of Islam In Counseling: Implications For Interpersonal Relationship Development Theory /Paul E. Priester and Asma Jana-Masri -- Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale In Egypt: Its Factor Structure And Relationship To Islamic Beliefs And Behaviors /Mark M. Leach , Asma Jana-Masri and Paul E. Priester -- Using Feminist Psychotherapy With Muslim Women /Saba Rasheed Ali -- Authors Biographies /Ralph L. Piedmont -- Manuscript Reviewers /Ralph L. Piedmont -- Name Index /Ralph L. Piedmont -- Subject Index /Ralph L. Piedmont.

Abstract This article consists of a theoretical review of the conjunction between lived experience of family belonging and religious encompassment in modern societies, resorting to data resulting from a comparative study of personhood, family and religion in urban Brazil, concentrated in a network of upper social strata and in a medical context of palliative care. In both contexts people move in what may be called a "transpersonal ether", a complex enmeshing of personhood in kinship and religious experiences that far exceeds the limits of the rational, autonomous, units privileged by hegemonic scientific knowledge and individualistic ideology. Our interest is to contribute to the understanding of the processes and characteristics of the "extended self" in general modern conditions and to explore the circumstances in which these dimensions tend to become more explicit, as phenomenological limits and counterparts to the individualization and disenchantment that has characterized Western modernity.

In this ground-breaking volume, the authors analyze the role of religion in conflict and conflict resolution. They do so from the perspectives of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, while bringing different disciplines into play, including peace and conflict studies, religious studies, theology, and ethics. With much of current academic, political, and public attention focusing on the conflictive dimensions of religion, this book also explores the constructive resources of religion for conflict resolution and reconciliation. Analyzing the specific contributions of religious actors in this field, their potentials and possible problems connected with them, this book sheds light on the concrete contours of the oftentimes vague "religious factor" in processes of social change. Case studies in current and former settings of violent conflict such as Israel, post-genocide Rwanda, and Pakistan provide "real-life" contexts for discussion. Combining cutting-edge research with case studies and concrete implications for academics, policy makers, and practitioners, this concise and easily accessible volume helps to build bridges between these oftentimes separated spheres of engagement.

"The city of Manado and province of North Sulawesi have built a public identity based on religious harmony, claiming to successfully model tolerance and inter-religious relations for the rest of Indonesia. Yet, in discourses and practices relevant to everyday interactions in schools and political debates in the public sphere, two primary contested frames for belonging emerge in tension with one another. On the one hand, "aspirational coexistence" recognizes a common goal of working toward religious harmony and inclusive belonging. On the other hand, "majoritarian coexistence," in which the legitimacy of religious minorities is understood as guaranteed exclusively by the goodwill of the Protestant majority, also emerges in discourses and practices of coexistence. These two agonistic frames of coexistence stem from both a real pride at having staved off ethno-religious violence that plagued surrounding regions at the turn of the twenty-first century, as well as a concern about whether the area will maintain a Christian majority in the future. Based on ethnographic research in Manado, North Sulawesi, a Protestant-majority region of Indonesia, Ethics of Belonging investigates the dynamics of ethical deliberation about religious coexistence. In this analysis, schools are understood as central sites for exchange about the ethics and politics of belonging in the nation. The author draws on in-depth fieldwork at three secondary schools (a public high school, private Catholic boarding school, and public madrasah), an inter-religious "exchange" program among university students, and societal debates about religion and belonging. Each of the schools promotes a distinct method to addressing diversity and a particular understanding of the relationship between religious and civic values. Larson's research demonstrates how ethical frameworks for approaching religious difference are channeled and negotiated through educational institutions, linking up with their broader political context and debates in the community. This resource argues for a consideration of ethical reflection as a fundamentally pedagogical process, with important ramifications beyond the immediate environment. The focus on educational institutions provides a critical connection between interpersonal and public ethical deliberation, elucidating the entanglements of ethics and politics and their manifestation across different societal scales"--

Includes the contributions of leading scholars from Algeria, France, Germany, India and the United States, this book traces the rise and turn to moderation of the New Cultural Identitarian Political Movements, often labelled in the West as fundamentalists. The Transformation of Politicised Religion traces the rise of these movements to the changes in their respective countries' political economy and class structures, explaining why, as a result of an ongoing contestation and recreation of bourgeois values, the more powerful of these movements tend towards moderation.