Research in the social scientific study of religion / Volume 21 / / edited by Ralph L. Piedmont and Andrew Village.

• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion 21.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion publishes empirical and theoretical studies of religion from a wide range of disciplines and from all parts of the globe. This volume includes a special section on spirituality and hope that brings together theoreticists and practitioners who present original research on this important and neglected topic. Alongside this section are papers presenting studies on subjects such as civic participation, suffering with God, and spirituality. Together these papers represent important contributions that advance theory and evidence in a number of different fields of contemporary relevance to the study of religion.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- All in the Mind? Psychological, Social, and Religious Predictors of Civic Volunteerism among Churchgoers in England / Andrew Village and Leslie J. Francis -- Interpersonal Spirituality between College Students and Fathers / Gina M. Brelsford -- Trouble with Spirituality / Paul Wink -- The Suffering with God Scale: Theoretical Development, Psychometric Analyses, and Relationships with Indices of Religiosity / Marcia Webb , Christopher A. Sink , Russell A. McCann , Sarah A. Chickering and Michelle J. Scallon -- Introduction to the Special Section: Hope and Spirituality: A Neglected Topic in the Social Sciences / Anthony Scioli -- The Hopes of World Religions: Profiles in Attachment, Mastery, and Survival / Anthony Scioli -- Hope, Spirituality, Optimism, Pessimism, and Anxiety: A Kuwaiti-American Comparison / Ahmed Abdel-Khalek and Anthony Scioli -- Goal Focused Hope, Spiritual Hope, and Well-being / Jen Unwin and Joanne M. Dickson -- Hoping in Nature: Pragmatic Hope and Spirituality / Patrick Shade -- Hope and Its Spiritual Nature: A Powerful Vehicle for Healing / Kenneth H. Hamilton and Joyce O. Murphy -- Authors’ Biographies -- Manuscript Reviewers -- Subject Index -- Names Index.