Parapsychology and religion / / Everton de Oliveira Maraldi.

• Superior document: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences
• VerfasserIn: Oliveira Maraldi, Everton de,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (103 pages)

"Parapsychology and Religion" is perhaps the most controversial research area in the psychology of religion. However, in recent decades, psychology of religion has witnessed a growing literature bearing on ontological issues including parapsychological topics such as distant healing and ne...

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Parapsychology and Religion
• Abstract
• Keywords
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Aims of This Work
• 2 Some Considerations on Terminology
• 2.1 Supernormal, Psychic, Parapsychological, and Paranormal
• 2.2 Anomalous
• 2.3 Other Variations
• 2.4 A Sociohistorical Perspective
• 2.5 Experiences and Events
• 2.6 Belief
• 2.7 Religion and the Paranormal
• 2.8 Spirituality
• 2.9 Mystical Experience
• 3 The Psychology of the Paranormal: A Critique
• 3.1 Cognitive Biases and Paranormal Belief
• 3.2 Intelligence and Critical Thinking
• 3.4 Educational Level
• 3.5 Thinking Styles
• 3.6 Ontological Confusions
• 3.7 Delusions and Other Psychotic Symptoms
• 3.8 Conceptual and Methodological Problems
• 4 Parapsychology and Religion
• 4.1 Strengths and Limitations of Personal Experience: Parapsychology's Response
• 4.2 Parapsychologists and Religion over Time
• 4.3 Psi and Religious Variables
• 5 Concluding Remarks
• Acknowledgment
• References
• Index.