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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 Past and Present of Psychology of Religion in Turkey / Kenan Sevi̇nç and Zuhâl Ağılkaya-Şahin -- 2 Characteristic Themes in Psychology of Religion in Turkey / Sevde Düzgüner and Ayşe Şentepe -- 3 Reflections on the Possibility of an Islamic Psychology / Adem Şahi̇n -- 4 The Problem of Appropriate Psychology of Religion Measures for Non-Western Christian Samples with Respect to the Turkish-Islamic Religious Landscape / Zuhâl Ağılkaya-Şahi̇n -- 5 Religious Life of Turkish Youth in the Process of Modernisation and Secularisation / Asım Yapıcı -- 6 Popular Religiosity / Ali̇ Köse -- 7 Spirituality and Religion / Merve Altınlı-Macić and Thomas J. Coleman III -- 8 Muslim Religious Development Scale / İlhan Topuz and Saki̇n Özışık -- 9 How Religion Promotes Forgiveness / Ali̇ Ayten -- 10 The Relationships between Gratitude, Appreciation, Psychological Well-being and Religiosity / Gülüşan Göcen -- 11 Religious Orientation and its Relation to Locus of Control and Depression / Fatma Gül Ci̇rhi̇nli̇oğlu and Gözde Özdi̇kmenli̇-Demir -- 12 Belief in a Just World, Religiosity, and Victim Blaming / Hasan Kaplan -- 13 Correlation of the Disease Symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disordered Patients with Their Religious Attitude and Behaviours / Ayşe Erenay , Hasan Turan Karatepe and Abdulkadi̇r Tabo -- Index / Zuhâl Ağılkaya-Şahin , Heinz Streib , Ali Ayten and Ralph W. Hood, Jr..