Two Steps Forward, One Back: Psychiatry, Psychology, and the New Religions

One prime motivation in this survey was to demonstrate that religion can be a positive feature in the lives of individuals. The suggestions of Latkin regarding future research are welcome. They evidence the way in which religion inte- grates social identity with individual self-understanding. Agreem...

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Published in:The international journal for the psychology of religion
Main Author: Richardson, James T. 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [1995]
In: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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Summary:One prime motivation in this survey was to demonstrate that religion can be a positive feature in the lives of individuals. The suggestions of Latkin regarding future research are welcome. They evidence the way in which religion inte- grates social identity with individual self-understanding. Agreement is expressed with Hutch's analysis that the controversy between those opposing and those affirming new religions is often a conflict between moral and functional understandings. Although the study of new religions needs to move toward a more progressive perspective, it is noteworthy that the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; American Psychiatric Associ- ation, 1994) still evidences a potentially negative bias toward religion within psychiatry. However, the document does include V codes that allow for spiritual and religious themes to be discussed without assuming psychopathology.
ISSN:1532-7582
Reference:Kritik von "'Before I'd Be a Slave, I'd Be Buried in My Grave, and Go Home to My Lord and Be Free' (1995)"
Kritik von "New Directions in Applying Psychological Theory to the Study of New Religions (1995)"
Contains:Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0503_4