Oxford University Press, USA, Date: 1992-10-15. Hardcover. Used: Good. Excellent customer service. Prompt Customer Service. 1992. Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 0195069854 9780195069853 [US]

ISBN10: 0195069854, ISBN13: 9780195069853, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. This is an interdisciplinary collection of previously unpublished papers on the controversial relationship between religious behavior and mental health. Schumaker has assembled a distinguished international roster of contributors--sociologists and anthropologists as well as psychiatrists and psychologists of religion--representing a wide range of opinions concerning the mental health implications of religious belief and practice. Taken together, the papers provide acomprehensive overview of theory and research in the field. Included are papers on the interaction of religion and self-esteem, life meaning and well-being, sexual and marital adjustment, anxiety,depression, suicide, psychoticism, rationality, self-actualization, and various patterns of anti-social behavior. Religion is also dealt with in relation to mental health of women, the elderly, and children. Contributions dealing with mental health in non-Western religious groups add an important cross-cultural dimension to the volume. A collection of papers which represents a wide range of opinions concerning the mental health implications of religious belief and practice. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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