Description
1. An Introduction to the Psychology of Religion and Coping I. A Perspective on Religion 2. The Sacred and the Search for Significance 3. Religious Pathways and Religious Destinations II. A Perspective on Coping 4. An Introduction to the Concept of Coping 5. The Flow of Coping III. The Religion and Coping Connection 6. When People Turn to Religion: When They Turn Away 7. The Many Faces of Religion in Coping 8. Religion and the Mechanisms of Coping: The Conservation of Significance 9. Religion and the Mechanisms of Coping: The Transformation of Significance IV. Evaluative and Practical Implications 10. Does It Work? Religion and the Outcomes of Coping 11. When Religion Fails: Problems of Integration in the Process of Coping 12. Putting Religion into Practice