Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion (2009).pdf

Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion

David A. Leeming, Kathryn Madden, Stanton Marlan (Eds.)

Encyclopedia of Psychology

and Religion

With 15 Figures and 2 Tables

Editors-in-Chief:

David A. Leeming, Ph.D.

Blanton-Peale Institute

3 West 29th Street

New York, NY 10001

USA

Kathryn Madden, Ph.D.

National Institute for the Psychotherapies

250 West 57th Street, Suite 501

New York, NY 10019

USA

Stanton Marlan, Ph.D.

Pittsburgh Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

4527 Winthrop Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3722

USA

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2009934794

ISBN: 978-0-387-71801-9

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Preface

Mr. Kenneth Giniger some time ago suggested to Dr. Holly Johnson, then President of Blanton-Peale Institute, New York,

NY, that Blanton-Peale compile an encyclopedia of psychology and religion, a comprehensive reference work consisting

of articles contributed by scholars of importance in the ﬁelds of religion, psychology, psychology and religion, and

psychology of religion. Dr. Johnson also saw the need for such an information source and began planning work on the

project with the assistance of Blanton-Peale colleagues, Dr. Walter Odajnyk and Dr. David A. Leeming. Long working

together with Blanton-Peale on behalf of Journal of Religion and Health , Springer Science+Business Media became

publisher, with Dr. Leeming, Dr. Kathryn Madden, and Dr. Stanton Marlan named as Editors-in-Chief. Dr. Leeming

became Managing Editor of the project. He has taught courses in myth, religion, and literature for many years and has

published several books on these subjects, including the Oxford Companion to World Mythology , and until recently was

Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning Journal of Religion and Health and Dean of Blanton-Peale’s Graduate Institute. He

is currently President of Blanton-Peale Institute. Dr. Madden served as Dean and later President of Blanton-Peale, was

Associate Editor and later Executive Editor of the Journal of Religion and Health , and has recently published Dark Light

of the Soul (Lindisfarme Books). She teaches and lectures regularly and is in private practice. She received her M.A.,

M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in Psychology and Religion from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. She has

published many articles in her ﬁeld and is Editor of Quadrant . Dr. Marlan is a clinical psychologist in private practice.

He is a training and supervising analyst for the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and is President of the

Pittsburgh Society of Jungian Analysts. He is also Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychology at Duquesne University and

holds diplomates in both Clinical Psychology and Psychoanalysis from the American Board of Professional Psychology.

He has been Editor of the Journal of Jungian Theory and Practice and is the author of numerous articles and books in the

ﬁeld of Jungian psychology. Parentage of the Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion comes naturally to the Blanton-

Peale Institute. Founded in 1937 by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale and psychologist Smiley Blanton, the Institute is a mental

health clinic and psychological training institute dedicated to the constructive integration of religion and psychology.

The Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion provides a crucial new resource for the collaboration and mutual illumina-

tion of these two ﬁelds.

Entries are drawn from a wide variety of religious traditions, not only modern world religions, such as Christianity,

Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism, but also, for example, African Animism, pre-Christian Celtic and Germanic

traditions, Egyptian, Greek, Gnostic, and Native North American and Mesoamerican religious movements. Approaches

to the subjects demonstrate a broad range of methodologies. Each entry is intended to create a tension of meaning

between traditional religious terms and psychological interpretations. The goal is not to impose the correct or deﬁnitive

meaning, but to explore new and latent deposits of meaning that bear implications for human self-understanding,

cross-cultural interpretation, and therapeutic possibilities.

Occasionally, more than one article on a given subject is included to present different points of view. Extensive cross-

referencing allows the reader to enhance understanding of particular subjects through direct access to related topics. The

Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion will serve as a valuable and accessible reference work in both electronic and print

versions for academic libraries and their patrons and will be of particular use to the growing community of researchers,

academics, teachers, clergy, therapists, counselors, and other professionals who are involved in the developing

reintegration of the ﬁelds of religion and psychology.

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