Syllabus/achievement requirements

Fontana, D. (2003). Psychology, religion, and spirituality. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Dawson, L. L. (2006). Comprehending Cults. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Chapters 1-4).

James, W. (2002/1902). The Varieties of Religious Experience. A Study in Human Nature. Centenuary Edition. N.Y.: Routledge. (selected chapters).

Compendium:

• Berger, P. L. (1999). The Desecularization of the World. A Global Overview. In Berger, P. L. (ed.), The Desecularization of the World. Resurgent Religions and Worls Politics. (pp. 1-18). Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
• Fowler, J., & Dell, M. L. (2006). Stages of Faith from Infancy Through Adolescence: Reflections on Three Decades of Faith Development Theory. In E. C. Roehlkepartain, P. E. King, L. Wagner, & P. L. Benson (eds.), The Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence (pp. 34-45). California: Sage Publication.
• Hood, R. W. (2005). Mystical, Spiritual, and Religious Experiences. In R. F. Paloutzian & C. L. Park (Eds.),  Handbook of Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (pp. 348- 364).  New York: The Guilford Press.
• Hood, R. W. and Belzen, J. A. (2005). Research Methods in the Psychology of Religion. In R. F. Paloutzian & C. L. Park (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (pp. 62-79).  New York: The Guilford Press.
• Kohlberg, L. & Ryncarz, R. A. (1990). Beyond Justice Reasoning: Moral Development and Consideration of a Seventh Stage. In C. N. Alexander & E. J. Langer (Eds.), Higher Stages of Human Development (pp. 191-207). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Miller, L., & Kelley, B. S.  (2005). Relationships of Religiosity and Spirituality with Mental Health and Psychopathology. In R. F.Paloutzian & C. L. Park (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (pp. 460-478). New York: The Guilford Press.
• Oman, D., & Thoresen, C. E. (2005). Do Religion and Spirituality Influence Health? In R. F. Paloutzian & C. L. Park (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (pp. 435-459).  New York: The Guilford Press.
• Pargament, K. I., Ano, G. G., & Wachholtz, A. B. (2005). The Religious Dimension of Coping: Advances in Theory, Research and Practice. In R. F. Paloutzian & C. L. Park, C. L. (eds.), Handbook of Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (pp. 479-495).  New York: The Guilford Press.
• Pargament, K.J. & Mahoney, A. (2005). Spirituality. Discovering and Conserving the Sacred. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (eds.), Handbook of Positive Psychology.(pp. 646-659). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Shapiro, S. L., Schwartz, G. E. R. & Santerre, C. (2005). Meditation and Positive Psychology. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 632- 645). N. Y: Oxford University Press.
• Wulff, D.M. (1997). Psychology of Religion. Classic & Contemporary. Second Edition. N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Erik H. Erikson: Religion in the human life cycle. Kap 9, pp. 371-413).

Article:

St?lsett, G., Gude, T., R?nnestad, H. M., & Monsen, J. T. (2012). Existential dynamic therapy (¡°VITA¡±) for treatment-resistant depression with Cluster C disorder: Matched comparison to treatment as usual. Psychotherapy Research, 1-13.

Additional curriculum:

The students read ca. 100 pages freely chosen from the following books:

• Dawson, L. L. (2006). Comprehending Cults. Oxford: Oxford University Press (kap. 5-8).
• Heelas, P. and Woodhead, L: The Spiritual Revolution. Why Religion is giving Way to Spirituality, 2005. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
• Hood, R. W. Hill, P. C., and Williamson, W. P: The Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism, 2005. NY: the Guilford Press.
• Hood, R. W., Hill, P. C., & Spilka, B. (2009). The Psychology of Religion: An empirical approach. 4th edition. Guilford Press.
• James, W. (2002/1902). The Varieties of Religious Experiences. A Study in Human Nature. Centenuary Edition. N.Y.: Routledge.
• Jung, C. G. (1966). Psychology & Religion. Based on the Terry Lectures delivered at Yale University. New Haven: Yale University Press (Original work published 1938) (more recent editions are available)

Recommended reading for Scandinavian students:

Geels, A. & Wikstr?m, O. (2006). Den religi?se m?nniskan. En introduksjon till religionspsykologien. Stockholm: Natur och Kultur. (Introduktion, kapitel 1, 2, 3 og 10).