The Psychology of Religion and Place: Emerging Perspectives

Victor Counted; Fraser Watts

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-28848-8

The Psychology of Religion and Place: Emerging Perspectives

Victor Counted, Fraser Watts

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

This book examines the role of religious and spiritual experiences in people's understanding of their environment. The contributors consider how understandings and experiences of religious and place connections are motivated by the need to seek and maintain contact with perceptual objects, so as to form meaningful relationship experiences. The volume is one of the first scholarly attempts to discuss the psychological links between place and religious experiences.The chapters within provide insights for understanding how people's experiences with geographical places and the sacred serve as agencies for meaning-making, pro-social behaviour, and psychological adjustment in everyday life.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages	340
ISBN (Print)	9783030288471
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28848-8
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019

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Keywords

cultural geography
human geography
identity (psychology)
psychology and religion

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