Psychology of religion in Turkey / / edited by Zuhâl Ağilkaya-Şahin [and three others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Ağilkaya-Şahin, Zuhâl,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; 1 Past and Present of Psychology of Religion in Turkey /; 2 Characteristic Themes in Psychology of Religion in Turkey /; 3 Reflections on the Possibility of an Islamic Psychology /; 4 The Problem of Appropriate Psychology of Religion Measures for Non-Western Christian Samples with Respect to the Turkish-Islamic Religious Landscape /; 5 Religious Life of Turkish Youth in the Process of Modernisation and Secularisation /; 6 Popular Religiosity /; 7 Spirituality and Religion /; 8 Muslim Religious Development Scale /; 9 How Religion Promotes Forgiveness /; 10 The Relationships between Gratitude, Appreciation, Psychological Well-being and Religiosity /; 11 Religious Orientation and its Relation to Locus of Control and Depression /; 12 Belief in a Just World, Religiosity, and Victim Blaming /; 13 Correlation of the Disease Symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disordered Patients with Their Religious Attitude and Behaviours /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• ISBN: 9004290885
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Zuhâl Ağilkaya-Şahin [and three others].

In Psychology of Religion in Turkey , senior and emerging Turkish scholars present critical conceptual analyses and empirical studies devoted to psychology of religion in Turkey. Part 1 consists of articles placing the psychology of religion in the historical context of an ancient culture undergoing modernization and secularization and articles devoted to conceptual themes suggesting the uniqueness of Islam among the great faith traditions. Part 2 is devoted to empirical studies of religion in the Turkish-Islamic includuing studies focused on the religious life of Turkish youth, popular religiosity, spirituality, and Muslim religious development in light of Al-Ghazzali. Part 3 is devoted to several empirical studies on a variety of social outcomes of religious commitment in Turkey.