Psychology and Religion

» Nielsen's Psychology of Religion
   Resources including online texts, course syllabi, bibliography, theoretical perspectives, and links to journals and professional organizations.
   http://www.psychwww.com/psyrelig/index.htm

» Are We Hardwired for God?
   The Guardian newspaper's review of Pascal Boyer's book "Religion Explained".

   
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4351726,00.html

» COG-SCI-REL-L
   Archived cognitive science of religion email discussion list, focusing particularly on anthropological and cognitive developmental psychology research investigating the formation and transmission of religious ideas.

   
   http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/COG-SCI-REL-L.html

» Campaign for Forgiveness Research
   Supports 46 innovative scientific projects on forgiveness and reconciliation on the individual, family, and national levels. Includes details of individual projects, a speakers bureau, and information and personal stories about how to forgive.

   
   http://www.forgiving.org/

» Centre for Ministry Studies
   Research center within the University of Wales at Bangor. Includes abstracts for much of Leslie Francis' published research.

   
   http://www.bangor.ac.uk/rs/pt/index.php

» Centre for Psychology of Religion (Leuven)
   Dirk Hutsebaut's research program within the Psychology Department of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). Includes full-text articles for download.

   
   http://ppw.kuleuven.be/religion/religion.htm

» Centre for Psychology of Religion (Louvain)
   Publication abstracts and contact details of research program at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), headed up by Jean-Marie Jaspard. Bilingual: French and English.

   
   http://www.psp.ucl.ac.be/psyreli/prel-eng.htm

» Functional Origins of Religious Concepts
   Essay by cognitive anthropologist Pascal Boyer recounting theory and experimental evidence for the ontological and strategic selection of supernatural concepts.

   
   http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/bec/papers/boyer_religious_concepts.htm

» Psychological Influence in Spiritual Movements
   A discussion of the features of psychological influence most common to spiritual movements.

   
   http://www.xs4all.nl/~wichm/psymove.html

» Psychology and Christianity Project
   Research program at University of Cambridge seeking to apply psychology to the work of the Church.

   
   http://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/pcp/

» Psychology and Religion
   Collection of annotated links from Nikitas Kafkios. Categories include resources dealing with integration, anti-psychology sites, journals, and bibliographies.

   
   http://www.psyche.gr/english.htm

» Spiritual Transformation Scientific Research Program
   Funding program for investigation into the sociocultural, psychological and neurological factors that underlie the processes of spiritual transformations of individuals and groups. Includes literature review, timeline, and details of winning grants.

   
   http://www.metanexus.net/spiritual_transformation/

» Spirituality Research
   Publishes empirical research on spirituality. It offers a conceptual and a graphic model of spirituality, and a questionnaire designed to measure the strengths of spiritual beliefs.

   
   http://www.geocities.com/randynied/home.html

» Tracing the Synapses of Our Spirituality
   Washington Post article by Shankar Vedantam on researchers examining the relationship between brain and religion.

   
   http://www.maps.org/media/vedantam.html

» Virtual Religion Index: Psychology of Religion
   Directory of resources covering religious experience, therapies, and psychological theory.

   
   http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~religion/vri/psych.html