Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 28

• Author(s): Andrew Village, Ralph W. Hood,
• Publisher: BRILL
• Pages: 304
• ISBN_10: 900434893X
  ISBN_13: 9789004348936
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Comparative Religion , Religion / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Psychology / Social Psychology ,

Description:... This volume of Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion includes a wide range of papers from a social-science perspective. The special section gives a unique insight into the rapidly growing field of psychological studies of religion in China. It draws on experts from China and the USA who met for a conference at Fuller Theological Seminary and have together compiled a collection of original research and reviews that helps to locate the current state of the discipline from a specifically Chinese perspective. Other papers in the volume examine intergenerational religious transmission and religious problem-solving styles in the USA.