Hi On a superficial reading, the work identified by Beth would appear to be an application of psychology to the inoculation of people against changes in attitudes and values ... I wonder what the ethics of that would be for professional psychologists?
It has been a few years since I looked a bit at faith-based psychology, but material was readily found including texts, programs, journals, and all the trappings of psychology specialties. This seemed to be especially the case for counseling/clinical topics. And I remember being struck by one book on psychology and religion (a completely legitimate topic, of course) that promoted itself as containing chapters all written by people of faith (not so legitimate in my view). I see now that there is as well a society for Christian Psychology at http://www.christianpsych.org/ Another memorable aspect of faith-based psychology was the publication of a Sage volume on transpersonal research methods, basically legitimizing religious experience as a valid source of knowledge. See http://www.amazon.com/Transpersonal-Research-Methods-Social-Sciences/dp/0761910131#reader_0761910131 I would characterize such misguided ideas as a natural off-shoot of the equally misguided notion of indigenous psychologies, that is, psychological research and practices that are culture-specific and based on ways of knowing indigenous to the culture (i.e., non-scientific). Others would disagree with this view of course. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology [email protected] Room 4L41A 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax Dept of Psychology, U of Winnipeg 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0R4 CANADA >>> Beth Benoit <[email protected]> 10-Jan-13 6:25 PM >>> I'm kind of *verklempt *here: http://www.christianpost.com/news/author-aims-to-equip-hs-students-with-psychology-from-christian-perspective-88006/ Any input from others who can gather their thoughts more coherently than I seem to be able to do? (As a recent Zits cartoon said, "I think I hear a glass of wine calling me.") Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=22811 or send a blank email to leave-22811-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=22814 or send a blank email to leave-22814-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
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