David Ray Griffin,Reenchantment without Supernaturalism: A Process Philosophy of Religion

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion -     

Refuting Howard's End: Addressing the Crisis of Postmodern Thought in Science and Religion

Cognitive-developmental approaches to religiousness are ordered according to the degree of hardness of the respective developmental stages. The harder a stage scheme, the more reliable any ideal-type predictions, but also the smaller its domain of application. Depending on the purpose, one theory is hence more useful than another. After calling to mind the foundations of constructivist, structure-genetic theories, the theories of Elkind, Goldman, Oser/Gmunder, Fowler, and Baldwin are discussed in that light, partly with the help of new data and with some proposals for their improvement.     

Attitude and Behavior in (Classic) Social Psychology and Rabbinic Thought: Implications for Psychology of Religion Research

Certainly attitudes influence behavior; however, less intuitively obvious is the empirical literature revealing that external behavior affects internal attitudes sometimes even more powerfully. This article explores the parallel literatures about the relationship between attitude and behavior in social psychology and the rabbinic tradition. Judaism, characterized by orthopraxy, has considerably more emphasis on legislated behavior than belief, doctrine, or attitude. Moreover, rabbinic text is replete with observations that complement the empirical demonstrations of social psychology. These relate to the causal influence of behavior on attitude, behavioral factors leading to internalization or externalization, and the relationship between effort and satisfaction.