The emerging meanings of religiousness and spirituality: Problems and prospects

Author(s): Pargament, K. I., Scott, A. B.

Journal/Book: J Personality. 1999; 67: 350 Main Street, Ste 6, Malden, MA 02148, USA. Blackwell Publishers. 889-919.

Abstract: This article examines traditional and modern psychological characterizations of religiousness and spirituality. Three ways in which religiousness and spirituality are polarized by contemporary theorists are examined: organized religion versus personal spirituality; substantive religion Versus functional spirituality; and negative religiousness versus positive spirituality. An alternative approach to understanding religiousness and spirituality is presented that integrates rather than polarizes these constructs, and sets boundaries to the discipline while acknowledging the diversity of religious and spiritual expressions. Directions for future investigations of these two constructs are presented.

Note: Article Zinnbauer BJ, Bowling Green State Univ, Dept Psychol, Bowling Green,OH 43403 USA

Keyword(s): PSYCHOTHERAPY; PREDICTORS; OUTCOMES

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