The Psychology of Religion in Scandinavia
Psychological study of religion in Scandinavia began with Hoffding in 1901. Soderblom, a contemporary of Hoffding, initiated the field as an independent endeavor. There has been a continued collaboration between theology and psychology throughout this century. The field developed largely in Sweden b...
| Published in: | The international journal for the psychology of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[1993]
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1993, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-65 |
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| Summary: | Psychological study of religion in Scandinavia began with Hoffding in 1901. Soderblom, a contemporary of Hoffding, initiated the field as an independent endeavor. There has been a continued collaboration between theology and psychology throughout this century. The field developed largely in Sweden but is strong today in Finland as well. Early themes were ecstasy, mysticism, and psychoanalysis. Norwegian psychology of religion was greatly influenced by the Schelderup brothers. Empirical psychology of religion began in Denmark with the Dorpat School in the 1930s. The dominance of Sunden has made the Universities of Uppsala and Lund in Sweden, as well as Abo Akademi in Finland, the centers of contemporary psychological study of religions. Sund@n's approach utilized role theory. More recently, there has been an interest in mysticism, glossolalia, experience, states of consciousness, psychobiography, psychodynamics, shamanism, and psychoses. It is argued that Scandinavian psychology of religion has emerged from religionswissenschaft rather than from academic or pastoral psychology. |
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| ISSN: | 1532-7582 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0301_7 |