Integrating Psychology, Religion, and Culture
The Promise of Qualitative Inquiry
Seiten
2020
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-44961-9 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-44961-9 (ISBN)
Building culturally robust and intelligible theories in a rapidly changing world calls for openness in methodological diversity. As greater interdisciplinary innovations are necessary to keep psychology of religion relevant, cultural psychology and narrative inquiry emerged as a promising integrative paradigm.
Although science was originally broadly conceptualized as a systematic, rigorous activity to produce trustworthy knowledge, psychologists adopted a single philosophy of science and strictly enforced natural science as the only proper “scientific” psychology. Qualitative research has been part of modern psychology from the beginning, but it was obscured for nearly a century as positivist epistemology came to dominate the field. Building culturally robust and intelligible theories capable of responding more effectively to complex problems faced by a rapidly changing world calls for openness in methodological diversity. Deeply rooted in a hermeneutic tradition, cultural psychology has challenged the appropriateness of seeking reductive knowledge because higher mental processes such as religious beliefs, values, and choices are bound by historical and cultural context. As greater interdisciplinary integration and methodological innovations are necessary to keep psychology of religion relevant, narrative inquiry has emerged as a promising integrative paradigm.
Although science was originally broadly conceptualized as a systematic, rigorous activity to produce trustworthy knowledge, psychologists adopted a single philosophy of science and strictly enforced natural science as the only proper “scientific” psychology. Qualitative research has been part of modern psychology from the beginning, but it was obscured for nearly a century as positivist epistemology came to dominate the field. Building culturally robust and intelligible theories capable of responding more effectively to complex problems faced by a rapidly changing world calls for openness in methodological diversity. Deeply rooted in a hermeneutic tradition, cultural psychology has challenged the appropriateness of seeking reductive knowledge because higher mental processes such as religious beliefs, values, and choices are bound by historical and cultural context. As greater interdisciplinary integration and methodological innovations are necessary to keep psychology of religion relevant, narrative inquiry has emerged as a promising integrative paradigm.
Jenny H. Pak, Ph. D., is a professor at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology. She has published articles on cultural psychology, religion, and qualitative research, including Korean American Women: Stories of Acculturation and Changing Selves (Routledge, 2006).
Integrating Psychology, Religion, and Culture
The Promise of Qualitative Inquiry
Jenny H. Pak
Abstract
Keywords
1 Introduction: History of Qualitative Inquiry, Psychology and Religion
2 The Human Sciences: A Call for Methodological Pluralism
3 Review of Qualitative Research in Psychology of Religion
4 Cultural Psychology, Religion, and Narrative Inquiry
5 Conclusion: Towards Theoretical and Methodological Diversity in American Psychology of Religion
Acknowledgements
References
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.01.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Psychology |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 170 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-44961-2 / 9004449612 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-44961-9 / 9789004449619 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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