Psychology Of Religion Research Articles

Does it Matter if the President Isn't Pious? White Evangelicals and Elite Religiosity in the Trump Era

AbstractTrump's unwavering support among white evangelicals seems a contradiction considering his seeming irreligiosity and well publicized moral transgressions. This contradiction raises an interesting question concerning whether Trump represents something of a unique case when it comes to white evangelical evaluations of elite religiosity, or whether his support among the group indicative of a new era of evangelical support for candidates that does not assess religiosity as it used to. Drawing on contemporary debates from the religious psychology and Christian nationalism scholarship, I use data from Wave 61 of the American Trends Panel (ATP) to test whether white evangelicals who encounter threats to their religious identities are more likely to view that God played some role in Trump's election. Overall, I find that white evangelicals consider themselves minorities as a result of their beliefs. Most importantly, these beliefs condition white evangelical beliefs about God's role in Trump's election. Specifically, I find that increases in threat perceptions lead to an increase in the probability of a white evangelical believing that Trump's election was part of God's plan. These findings provide a new vantage point for understanding why so many white evangelicals view Trump's election as a divine outcome despite the fact they are indifferent to his irreligiosity.

Religion and Hatred: Examining an Unpublished Whitehead Essay

Abstract This article examines a recently discovered unpublished essay by Alfred North Whitehead titled “Religious Psychology of the Western Peoples.” It is the most sustained criticism of religion he would ever make. This essay is put into conversation with a previously published essay by Whitehead titled “An Appeal to Sanity.”

Religious development and child personality: What does religious psychology say about them

This research aims to reveal how religious guidance in the formation of Islamic personality in children is seen from the study of religious psychology. Basically, personality and religious development in childhood is the responsibility of parents at home and teachers at school. So that the development can run as it should and can produce the expected results, it should be in an effort to foster the personality and religion of a child adjusted to his religious nature and religious development that is being passed. The research method used in this research is library research. By using descriptive analysis methods by collecting data, compiling or classifying, analyzing, and interpreting it. The results showed that the period of children is the beginning of religious coaching and personality. If the child's personal development is carried out properly, then in adolescence will not have difficulty in building his personality. Conversely, if the child fares poorly, where personal coaching in his family is not carried out properly and in school is less helpful, then he will face a difficult adolescence and his personal coaching will be very difficult.

EKSISTENSI BARONG DAN RANGDA (EKSPLORASI TEOLOGI HINDU)

<p><em>The dynamics of Balinese people's lives are constantly under the spotlight because of the variety of cultural activities that blend with various lives. The arts of barong and rangda are spread across all districts and cities in Bali, but not all pakraman villages or temples have barong and rangda arts. This is due to the existence of barong and rangda in the religious dynamics of Balinese Hindu society. although in reality barong and rangda are not merely an art form, but furthermore they are the implementation of theology (divine teachings) of Hinduism, both concerning the philosophical (essential) religious side and religious psychology (psychological/emotional aspect).</em></p>

Dukungan Sosial bagi Penderita Disfungsional untuk Penguatan Kesehatan Mental: Studi Syarah Hadis dengan Pendekatan Psikologi Islam

The purpose of this study is to discuss the hadith about mental health with a religious psychology approach. This research method uses a qualitative type through literature study and content analysis. The results and discussion of this study include a general view of mental health, hadith on mental health, and mental health with a religious psychology approach. The conclusion of this study is that mental health is related to psychotherapy through the practice of worship, in the sense that all kinds of teachings and rituals in religion can help heal mental disorders and religious teachings keep away from negative solutions. This research is expected to have enrichment for health and Islamic knowledge.

Sanksi bagi Pelaku Pembunuhan yang Menderita Gangguan Bipolar Perspektif Hukum Islam

This study aimed to review and analyze appropriate sanction for murderer suffering from bipolar disorder based on the perspective of Islamic law. This research was qualitative descriptive research with library research methods and approaches such as: (1) normative theology (syar'i); (2) historical; and (3) religious psychology. The results showed that murder is an illegal act in Islam so that the culprit is punished severely. Murder committed by people with bipolar disorder according to the perspective of Islamic law is sanctioned qiṣāṣ if the act of murder is carried out when the perpetrator is in normal circumstances, but if the act of murder occurs when bipolar disorder relapses on the perpetrator, then the sanction is a full right on the part of the victim's family to still ask for a fine (diat).

Intellectual Humility in the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

ABSTRACT Based on the premise that psychologists of religion and spirituality tend to define our objects of interest only on our own terms and not on the terms of the people we study, it is suggested that we need to be more intellectually humble in our work. The empirical study of intellectual humility is provided as a case in point. Recent research by the author and his colleagues provide evidence that research findings showing that religious people are less intellectually humble than non-religious people may be a function of how intellectual humility is being measured. When theistic humility is accounted for in the measure of intellectual humility, religious people not only demonstrate intellectual humility, but such humility predicts well-being. Implications and recommendations for the study of religiousness and spirituality are provided.

Spiritualitás a vallásfenomenológia és pasztorálpszichológia horizontján

"Spirituality at the Horizon of Religious Phenomenology and Pastoral Psychology. We are living in a designer world, where not only the circumstances but our gods will be created consciously. We hunger for a God. Choosing an inadequate god, a god too small to transcend our limitations and who therefore can neither save nor transform us, drives us to keep hunting. This study reviews the phenomenology of Christian spirituality, religious practice and places special emphasis on these areas. We can find a correlation between spirituality and spiritual well-being and happiness, factors which contribute to a positive personal development. We are condemned to meaning. There is a universal impulse to assign meaning to our joys and sorrows. Christian spirituality is a condition for us to reframe and understand our life perspectives and reach the “Courage to be” (Tillich). Keywords: spirituality, phenomenology, spiritual well-being, pastoral psychology "

Pendekatan Psikologis Dalam Upaya Manajemen Konflik Agama

ABSTRACT: This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach. The purpose of this study is to find out how the psychological approach of religion in conflict management efforts. In religious life, living in peace is a very important part. Even though it is realized that religion is often used to show radicalism and intolerance. Religion, which is universal in nature, is understood as a concept, experience and actualization of espoused values. Religion is expected to provide a solution to the problems of the soul of its adherents because the values contained include mutual respect and respect. Through a religious psychology approach, we can see the resolution of a conflict.

Marriage and Religion: Dynamics of Religious Conversion in Marriage and The Advancement of Community Religious Life Perspective of Religious Psychology and Sociology (Study in Lumajang Regency)

This study analyzes how and why interfaith couples tend to return to their religions after marriage. The results showed that the choice of interfaith couples to embrace their partner’s religion at the time of marriage is necessary, because they saw that their new religion provides attractive rewards (marriage). The discovery of the converters who later reverted to their original religion indicated that the religious conversion was carried out for the purpose of marrying their partners only. There were three reasons for the conversion: a) A strong belief in the original religion so that it is difficult to completely convert to a new religion when getting married. b) Freedom of religious observance given by the spouses and the families becomes social support which makes the converters remain calm and confident about their actions. c) The surrounding environment is also the reason as to why conversion occurs; the religion of the majority of the surrounding community can also influence conversion to the original religion.
 Penelitian ini akan menganalisis bagaimana dan apa alasan pasangan beda agama melakukan konversi agama kembali pasca perkawinan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pilihan pasangan beda agama untuk memeluk agama pasangannya ketika menikah adalah sebuah keniscayaan, sebab mereka melihat agama baru yang dianut memberikan reward yang menarik (menikah). Ditemukannya pelaku konversi yang kemudian kembali menganut agama asal menandakan konversi agama yang dilakukan tidak sungguhan, hanya sebatas untuk dapat mengawini pasangannya. Ada tiga alasan tindakan konversi yang dilakukan informan penelitian: a) Kuatnya keimanan pada agama asal sehingga sulit untuk harus secara total melakukan konversi agama ketika melangsungkan perkawinan. b) Kebebasan dalam menganut agama yang diberikan oleh pasangan dan keluarga menjadi dukungan sosial yang menjadikan pelaku konversi tetap tenang dan percaya diri atas tindakannya. c) Lingkungan sekitar juga menjadi alasan pelaku konversi, agama mayoritas masyarakat sekitar juga dapat mempengaruhi tindakan konversi pada agama semula.

PENGARUH MEDSOS TERHADAP RELIGIUSITAS MAHASISWA

<p><strong><em>Abstrack </em></strong><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><em>In the current era of globalization, technology is growing and advancing very rapidly every year as well as social media. which has a huge influence on student life today, with the presence of social media among students it helps to easily find information, communicate easily, seek knowledge that can add insight. However, many of the students are already tired and forget about time because of their preoccupation with social media so that these students forget or postpone prayers, see or open negative content. This study used a qualitative method that explains the religious symptoms of students by using a religious psychology approach which studies the nature and behavior of students' religiosity on the influence of social media which is widely used among IAIN Padangsidimpuan students. In this study, it can be seen how much influence social media has on the religiosity that occurs in students, where students are now very addicted to social media, they waste a lot of time when using social media, some of them leave prayer, reduce reading the Koran, destroy morale, less sensitive to the social environment. But even so, it cannot be denied that social media also has a positive influence on students related to scientific studies, adding insights from social media, increasing student creativity. The purpose of this study was to invite students to be more sensitive to their religiosity and to be able to filter out what is good and what is not good when using social media.</em><em></em></p><p><em> </em></p><strong><em>Keywords: Influence, social media, religiosity, students</em></strong>

Livet i Døden. En lesning av Hans Nielsen Hauges bok fra 1818

In a small but widespread book from 1818, Livet i Doden, Hans Nielsen Hauge presents descriptions of the deathbeds of !fteen of his followers. Making use of letters and reports from eyewitnesses, he describes how the dying believers in various ways show emotions and express their faith, thereby becoming examples for others. Hauge draws heavily on the Moravian «Lebenslauf» literature, but also on the Lutheran genre of funeral sermons. The book promoted a community among the Haugeans – a wider, imagined community of dead and living – and created literary monuments, raised in honor of ordinary believers. In this way, the book contributes to a growing interest in religious psychology.

,Post-evangelikal‘ – eine Verständigung

What is ‘post-evangelical’? Suggestions for Understanding a Phenomenon. The author describes the term and phenomenon ‘post-evangelical’, also found in Germanspeaking countries. Then the historical background of the term is highlighted and an oversight given of the related central concerns. They are finally explained by referring to an interpretative scheme from religious psychology. To interpret ‘post-evangelical’ as a variety of ‘deconversion’ helps to clarify some aspects of ‘post-evangelicalism’ and to discuss exemplary structural similarities.

Religious residue: Cross-cultural evidence that religious psychology and behavior persist following deidentification.

More than 1 billion people worldwide report no religious affiliation. These religious "nones" represent the world's third largest religion-related identity group and are a diverse group, with some having previous religious identification and others never identifying as religious. We examined how 3 forms of religious identification-current, former, and never-influence a range of cognitions, emotions, and behavior. Three studies using nationally representative samples of religious Western (United States), secular Western (Netherlands, New Zealand) and Eastern (Hong Kong) cultures showed evidence of a religious residue effect: Formerly religious individuals (i.e., religious "dones") differed from never religious and currently religious individuals in cognitive, emotional, and behavioral processes. Study 1 (n = 3,071) offered initial cross-cultural evidence, which was extended in a preregistered replication study that also included measures of charitable contribution (Study 2; n = 1,626). Study 3 (N = 31,604) found that individuals who deidentified were still relatively likely to engage in prosocial behavior (e.g., volunteering) after leaving religion. This research has broad implications for understanding changing global trends in religious identification and their consequences for psychology and behavior. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

Религия и психология: два пути к истине

Религия и психология: два пути к истине

Orientation of religiosity and radicalism: the dynamic of an ex-terrorist’s religiosity

Recognition of the religious motives and orientations of acts of radicalism and terrorism is often preached by mass media. The religious motive in the context of Islamic radicalism is often referred to the term of jihad, it is the act of seeking Allah's blessings or Lillahi ta'ala. The motive or religious orientation in the view of Religious Psychology is called an intrinsic religious orientation, turning religion a goal of action because of religion itself. This is distinguished from the extrinsic religious orientation that makes religion as a tool for obtaining subjective goals. We aim to understand to what extent the consistency of recognition is viewed from the perspective of religious orientation theory. This is because there is often an inconsistency between claimed motives with attitude. To examine more deeply on this issue, we raised the case of the dynamics of the religious orientation of a former terrorist, Yusuf Adirama, who experienced the dynamics and religious orientation changes of a radical and terrorist into a moderate one. This research reveals that in the case of Yusuf Adirama, the meaning of jihad could change over time following his life experience. Jihad, originally interpreted as taking up arms against the enemies of God, has turned into opposing various acts of violence and helping the needy (Dhuafa) who need help, including those caused by terrorism, both for the perpetrator and victim.

MENGUAK PSIKOLOGI ISLAM MELALUI PENDEKATAN SEJARAH

The psychological approach in Islamic studies has a significant role in explaining the external symptoms of religious people. Armed with psychological theories, it will be easy to know the level of religion a person understands, lives and practices. This paper aims to explain and analyze Islamic psychology based on a historical approach and analyze western psychology schools using an Islamic psychological approach. This study refers to the history of Islamic psychology from the 19th century to the modern era at this time, and also how the development of religious psychology. The results in this article are that humans have the potential to do good from the aspects of will, freedom, feelings, and thoughts to reveal the meaning of life based on monotheistic values ??so that humans are able to develop the potential and quality of Islamic life, namely by integrating the pyramid relationship between lust, intellect, and heart into the human psychological context based on the teachings of revelation that will give birth to a creative life as ordered by God in the Koran.

TAZKIYYAT AL-NAFS, DHIKR, AND SENSITIVITY AS CULTURAL MODEL OF INDONESIAN COMMUNITIES IN FACING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

This article used a qualitative method with the approach of study- ing literature in the fields of religious psychology, Islamic psychology, and culture to obtain concepts and theories that are relevant to studies on facing the anxiety and worries caused by the outbreak of COVID-19. The results reveal the COVID-19 outbreak has various impacts on Indo- nesian people, they are encouraged to express optimism, psychological sensitivity, and social piety through various empathical (caring) ways as the implementation of the theology of al-Ma’un. And through tazkiyyatu al-Nafs and dhikr as models to eliminate anxiety and worries caused by COVID-19. Media reporting about COVID-19, besides being informa- tive, also causes anxiety so that sensitivity and social piety of the com- munity are needed. This article explained that through the rites of tazkiyyatu al-Nafs, dhikr, and implementation of al-Ma’un theology de- veloped by KH. Ahmad Dahlan, as well as a collaboration of cultural approaches with the psychology of religion, can reduce the level of anxi- ety, worry, and fear of the people caused by COVID-19.

Lewis Rambo, Lucrecia de Leon, and the Politics of Conversion

This article considers the social and political impacts, both intended and unintended, of research in the psychology of religion. The article offers a detailed account of a violent historical encounter between a young woman with unusual dreams (Lucrecia de Leon) and the judicial officials of the Spanish Inquisition that revolved around issues of mental health and functioning that psychologists of religion are actively studying today. This case raises questions about how other works in the psychology of religion, such as Lewis R. Rambo’s book Understanding Religious Conversion, might be applied in different social and political contexts, with both positive and negative possibilities. Raising awareness of these possibilities and collectively thinking through the consequences will give scholars in this field a better chance of diminishing the malign effects and perhaps even preventing them from occurring in the first place.

PERAN SOSIAL PEREMPUAN DALAM AL-QUR`AN (Studi Tafsir Tematik Dengan Pendekatan Psikologi Agama)

The social role of woman in religion contestation and community values tend to be discriminatory and it is not impartial for woman. This research is to elaborate al-Quran perspective in emphasizing the sociological and psychological women through a religious psychology approach. This research used thematic interpretation method by collecting certain verses that have closes meaning based on key term, such as; niswah ةض/al Nisa ضاءال/al-unṡā ثىاأل/al-mar‟u الوزأ/al-mar‟ الوزء/ al-imru‟ اإلهز dan al-mar‟ah الوزأة/ al-imra‟ah اإلهزأة ,.etc. The data analyses used psychology religion of Henry Nelson Wreman and Maturity Allport theory. The results of this research were: first, the function of woman's social role in al-Qur`an based on woman‟s dignity from various dimensions and social functions. Second, the evidence of woman‟s ability and maturity is, woman has social role‟s variety, like as wives, legal witnesses, political leaders, workers/employers, educators, and members of society. Third, the position of woman (based on socio-historically al-Qur`an) is on strategic function, like as in family, legal, politics, economi, da‟wah and socio-culturual system. Thus, discriminate and subordinated women are clearly contrary to the historical logic of the Qur'an.