Ralph W. Hood (Jr.)'s Books

A New Approach to Religious Orientation

The Commitment-Reflectivity Circumplex

By: Stephen W. Krauss,Ralph W. Hood Jr.

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A New Approach to Religious Orientation

The Commitment-Reflectivity Circumplex

By: Stephen W. Krauss,Ralph W. Hood Jr.

The Commitment-Reflectivity Circumplex (CRC) model of religious orientation is introduced and the results from a series of model testing experiments are reviewed. The CRC model was developed through a series of studies in the United States and Romania and was created in an effort to reduce the theoretical and empirical difficulties associated with the traditional Allportian religious orientation models and measures. Toward this end, the difficulties associated with the Allportian religious orientation models are reviewed, along with how the CRC model attempts to address them. Next, the CRC model is introduced and a list of its predictions are given and compared to those of the Allportian models. The results of 10 model testing studies using multidimensional scaling are then reviewed. In these studies, the CRC model, which posits that all religious orientation can be located along dimensions of commitment (importance) and reflectivity (complexity), is found to be more accurate than the Allportian models in both the U.S. and Romania. Based on these studies, the meaning and interpretation of the Allportian measures are reviewed and new interpretations are suggested. Lastly, the relationships between religious orientation, mental health, personality, ideology, and prejudice are explored. In every area, the CRC model, and the measures based on it, show superior predictive abilities to traditional approaches in both the United States and Romania.

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Rodopi

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9401209693

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9789401209694

Psychology and Spiritual Transformation in a Substance Abuse Program

The Lazarus Project

By: W. Paul Williamson,Ralph W. Hood, Jr.

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Psychology and Spiritual Transformation in a Substance Abuse Program

The Lazarus Project

By: W. Paul Williamson,Ralph W. Hood, Jr.

Psychology and Spiritual Transformation in a Substance Abuse Program utilizes a five-year longitudinal study to examine the evolving psychological and spiritual condition of victims of substance abuse who were treated as part of the Lazarus Project, a Pentecostal faith-based residency program./span

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0739193082

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9780739193082

The Psychology of Religion

An Empirical Approach

By: Ralph W. Hood, Jr.,Peter C. Hill,Bernard Spilka

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The Psychology of Religion

An Empirical Approach

By: Ralph W. Hood, Jr.,Peter C. Hill,Bernard Spilka

Keeping up with the rapidly growing research base, the leading graduate-level psychology of religion text is now in a fully updated fifth edition. It takes a balanced, empirically driven approach to understanding the role of religion in individual functioning and social behavior. Integrating research on numerous different faith traditions, the book addresses the quest for meaning; links between religion and biology; religious thought, belief, and behavior across the lifespan; experiential dimensions of religion and spirituality; the social psychology of religious organizations; and connections to coping, adjustment, and mental disorder. Chapter-opening quotations and topical research boxes enhance the readability of this highly instructive text. New to This Edition *New topics: cognitive science of religion; religion and violence; and groups that advocate terrorist tactics. *The latest empirical findings, including hundreds of new references. *Expanded discussion of atheism and varieties of nonbelief. *More research on religions outside the Judeo-Christian tradition, particularly Islam. *State-of-the-art research methods, including techniques for assessing neurological states.

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Guilford Publications

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1462535984

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9781462535989

The Psychology of Religion, Fourth Edition

An Empirical Approach

By: Ralph W. Hood, Jr.,Peter C. Hill,Bernard Spilka

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The Psychology of Religion, Fourth Edition

An Empirical Approach

By: Ralph W. Hood, Jr.,Peter C. Hill,Bernard Spilka

Scholarly and comprehensive yet accessible, this state-of-the-science work is widely regarded as the definitive graduate-level psychology of religion text. The authors synthesize classic and contemporary empirical research on numerous different religious groups. Coverage includes religious thought, belief, and behavior across the lifespan; links between religion and biology; the forms and meaning of religious experience; the social psychology of religious organizations; and connections to morality, coping, mental health, and psychopathology. Every chapter features thought-provoking quotations and examples that bring key concepts to life. New to This Edition *Revised and updated with the latest theories, methods, and empirical findings.*Many new research examples.*Restructured with fewer chapters for better “fit” with a typical semester.*More attention to the differences between religion and spirituality*Covers emerging topics: genetics and neurobiology, positive psychology, atheism, and more.

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Guilford Press

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1606233920

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9781606233924

Blood and Fire

Godly Love in a Pentecostal Emerging Church

By: Margaret M. Poloma,Ralph W. Hood, Jr.

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Blood and Fire

Godly Love in a Pentecostal Emerging Church

By: Margaret M. Poloma,Ralph W. Hood, Jr.

What does it mean to live out the theology presented in the Great Commandment to “love God above all and to love your neighbor as yourself”? In Blood and Fire, Poloma and Hood explore how understandings of godly love function to empower believers. Though godly love may begin as a perceived relationship between God and a person, it is made manifest as social behavior among people. Blood and Fire offers a deep ethnographic portrait of a charismatic church and its faith-based ministry, illuminating how religiously motivated social service makes use of beliefs about the nature of God's love. It traces the triumphs and travails associated with living a set of rigorous religious ideals, providing a richly textured analysis of a faith community affiliated with the “emerging church” movement in Pentecostalism, one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic religious movements of our day. Based on more than four years of interviews and surveys with people from all levels of the organization, from the leader to core and marginal members to the poor and addicts they are seeking to serve, Blood and Fire sheds light on the differing worldviews and religious perceptions between those who served in as well as those who were served by this ministry. Blood and Fire argues that godly love— the relationship between perceived divine love and human response— is at the heart of the vision of emerging churches, and that it is essential to understand this dynamic if one is to understand the ongoing reinvention of American Protestantism in the twenty-first century.

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NYU Press

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0814737420

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9780814737422

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 19

By: Ralph L. Piedmont

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Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 19

By: Ralph L. Piedmont

A wide range of research and review articles are presented. Topic areas include mental and physical health, personality correlates of spirituality, validity evidence for the ASPIRES, and the role of religious values on socio-political attitudes. Also included in this volume are studies examining women's issues surrounding body image and disordered eating. Another paper addresses Christian Serpent handlers, a very understudied group, and the legal, religious, and moral issues surrounding this practice. There is also a special section, edited by Dr. Christopher Boyatzis, that addresses specific issues around adolescant spirituality. This volume provides a diverse snapshot of cutting edge research in the field across multiple disciplines. Readers will come away with an appreciation for the broad interests that characterize this field and the fascinating empirical findings that continue to draw professional interest in numinous constructs.

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BRILL

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9047433351

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9789047433354

Them That Believe

The Power and Meaning of the Christian Serpent-Handling Tradition

By: Ralph Hood,W. Paul Williamson

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Them That Believe

The Power and Meaning of the Christian Serpent-Handling Tradition

By: Ralph Hood,W. Paul Williamson

Explores the religious practice of serpent handling in churches of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and West Virginia. This book provides an analysis of this phenomenon from historical, social, religious, and psychological perspectives. It deals with the near-death experiences of individuals who were bitten but survived.

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Univ of California Press

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0520231473

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9780520231474

Handling Serpents

Pastor Jimmy Morrow's Narrative History of His Appalachian Jesus' Name Tradition

By: Jimmy Morrow,Ralph W. Hood (Jr.)

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Handling Serpents

Pastor Jimmy Morrow's Narrative History of His Appalachian Jesus' Name Tradition

By: Jimmy Morrow,Ralph W. Hood (Jr.)

Jimmy Morrow, a pastor and serpent handler for over a quarter of a century explores the history of serpent handling from a variety of sources, including his extensive familiarity with families whose roots are deep in Appalachia. As a native Appalachian Jimmy has access to histories unavailable to outsiders. While not formally trained as a historian, Jimmy's own narrative of the Jesus Name tradition is a unique contribution to not only Appalachian studies, but to the history of what many have prematurely thought to be a tradition whose obituary is soon to be written. Jimmy's astounding photographs and his keen insight to the power of this tradition that he proudly upholds suggests that while unlikely ever to be a dominant form of religious expression, it will continue as perhaps Americas most unique form of religion that persists in Appalachia despite laws against the practice of handling serpents. This is an extraordinary personal account of a unique form of religious devotion and dedication. It will be of interest to anyone interested in Appalachian culture or religion in the South.

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Mercer University Press

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086554848X

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9780865548480

Dimensions of Mystical Experiences

Empirical Studies and Psychological Links

By: Ralph W. Hood

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Dimensions of Mystical Experiences

Empirical Studies and Psychological Links

By: Ralph W. Hood

Main headings: Part 1. Conceptual issues in the empirical study of mysticism. - Part 2. The measurement of mysticism. - Part 3. The quasi-experimental elicitation of mystical experience. - Part 4. Mysticism, religious orientation, eroticism and death. - Part 5. Triggers and evaluation of mystical experience. - Part 6. The veridical nature of mystical experience. - Epilogue.

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Rodopi

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9042013397

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9789042013391

Archiv Für Religionspsychologie

By: Jacob A. Belzen,Ralph W. Hood,Leslie J. Francis

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Archiv Für Religionspsychologie

By: Jacob A. Belzen,Ralph W. Hood,Leslie J. Francis

Since 1914 the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR) publishes the Archiv für Religionspsychologie/Archive for the Psychology of Religion. It is a scholarly, trilingual (English, French and German) annual; most articles are in English language. The annual contains articles from a broad range of perspectives around the psychology of religion.

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Brill

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9004152725

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9789004152724

Psychology and Spiritual Transformation in a Substance Abuse Program

The Lazarus Project

By: W. Paul Williamson,Ralph W. Hood, Jr.

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The Lazarus Project

By: W. Paul Williamson,Ralph W. Hood, Jr.

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Book's by Ralph W. Hood (Jr.)

A New Approach to Religious Orientation

A New Approach to Religious Orientation

Psychology and Spiritual Transformation in a Substance Abuse Program

Psychology and Spiritual Transformation in a Substance Abuse Program

The Psychology of Religion

The Psychology of Religion

The Psychology of Religion, Fourth Edition

The Psychology of Religion, Fourth Edition

Blood and Fire

Blood and Fire

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 19

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 19

Them That Believe

Them That Believe

Handling Serpents

Handling Serpents

Dimensions of Mystical Experiences

Dimensions of Mystical Experiences

Archiv Für Religionspsychologie

Archiv Für Religionspsychologie

Psychology and Spiritual Transformation in a Substance Abuse Program

Psychology and Spiritual Transformation in a Substance Abuse Program

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