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The Cambridge Handbook of the International Psychology of Religion

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The Cambridge Handbook of the International Psychology of Religion

The Cambridge Handbook of the International Psychology of Religion

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Editors:
Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University South Bend
Jayanti Basu, University of Calcutta
Valerie DeMarinis, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Üzeyir Ok, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University
Wellington Zangari, Universidade de São Paulo
Meleah L. Ladd, Indiana University South Bend
Kevin L. Ladd, Hugo Simkin, Hugo H. Rabia, Victor Counted, Maureen Miner, Joseph Bulbulia, Wellington Zangari, Fatima Regina Machado, Kari A. O'Grady, J. Douglas Orton, Esther Abena Yirenya-Tawiah, Marissa James, Zhuo Job Chen, Shuozhi Guo, Wael Mohamed, Tõnu Lehtsaar, Sarah Demmrich, Lars Allolio-Näcke, Uwe Wolfradt, Annabella Osei-Tutu, Vivian Afi Dzokoto, Spyridon K. Tsitsigkos, Zsuzsanna Jáki, Szabolcs Urbán, and Magdolna Kővári, Amita Chatterjee, Chetna Duggal, Jyothsna Chandur, Sadhvi Krishnamoorthy, Chaitali Sinha, Rena Latifa, Dini Rahma Bintari, Bahrul Hayat, Mahboubeh Dadfar, Mario Aletti, Daniela Fagnani, Masami Takahashi, Hiroki Kato, María Montero-López Lena, Armando Rivera-Ledesma, Darío Guajardo, Matthew Michael, Stephen Ede, Johnbosco Chukwuorji, Aaron Agbo, Victor Counted , Adrian Opre, Razvan Porumb, Mihai Curelaru, Ramona Buzgar, Tatiana Malevich, Valerie DeMarinis, Lars Danbolt, Peter Halama, Richard G. Cowden, Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Sumaya Lahe, EyHyun Kwon, Antonio Muñoz-García, Pierre-Yves Brandt, Julien Norberg, Üzeyir Ok, A. Burcu Gören, Fatumetul Zehra Guldas, Carissa A. Sharp, Joanna Collicutt, Joshua Conrad Jackson, Danica Dillion, Kurt Gray, Lê Xuân Hy, Vũ Dũng, Nguyen Thi Mai Lan, Vu Thu Trang
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    This handbook offers a comprehensive resource for exploring core elements of the psychology of religion. Utilizing a systematic template to describe the state of the field across thirty-two regions of the globe, it charts the subject's historical background and current research trends. The chapters also highlight common pitfalls and suggest collaborative topics for future research. By leveraging the Ingelhart-Welzel Cultural Values Framework, the text introduces key questions emerging from non-Western contexts, challenges culturally laden assumptions and promotes collaborative, international perspectives. Featuring contributions from researchers around the world on the psychology of religion within their respective geographical and cultural contexts, the work brings new voices into the conversation and offers fresh avenues of exploration for scholars and graduate students studying the psychology of religion, social psychology, religion, and theology.

    • Provides a global overview of the state of psychology of religion, spanning 32 regions of the world
    • Utilises novel theoretical frameworks to encourage readers to think beyond geographic proximity and consider cultural alignments
    • Features interdisciplinary contributions by expert authors, offering rich and comparable representation of on-the-ground conditions

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    • Published: June 2026
    • Format: Hardback
    • ISBN: 9781108488648
    • Length: 686 pages
    • Dimensions: 244 × 170 mm
    • Weight: 0.5kg
    • Availability: Not yet published - available from June 2026

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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • List of figures
    • List of tables
    • List of contributors
    • Acknowledgements
    • 1. Introduction Kevin L. Ladd
    • 2. Argentina: Psychology of religion up to 2020 Hugo Simkin and Hugo H. Rabia
    • 3. Australia and New Zealand: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Victor Counted, Maureen Miner and Joseph Bulbulia
    • 4. Brazil: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Wellington Zangari and Fatima Regina Machado
    • 5. The Caribbean region: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Kari A. O'Grady, J. Douglas Orton, Esther Abena Yirenya-Tawiah and Marissa James
    • 6. China, the eastern traditions: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Zhuo Job Chen and Shuozhi Guo
    • 7. Egypt: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Wael Mohamed
    • 8. Estonia: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Tõnu Lehtsaar
    • 9. Germany: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Sarah Demmrich, Lars Allolio-Näcke and Uwe Wolfradt
    • 10. Ghana: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Annabella Osei-Tutu and Vivian Afi Dzokoto
    • 11. Greece: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Spyridon K. Tsitsigkos
    • 12. Hungary: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Zsuzsanna Jáki, Szabolcs Urbán and Magdolna Kővári
    • 13. India, the eastern traditions: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Amita Chatterjee
    • 14. India, the western traditions: The psychology of religion up to 2021 Chetna Duggal, Jyothsna Chandur, Sadhvi Krishnamoorthy and Chaitali Sinha
    • 15. Indonesia: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Rena Latifa, Dini Rahma Bintari and Bahrul Hayat
    • 16. Iran: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Mahboubeh Dadfar
    • 17. Italy: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Mario Aletti and Daniela Fagnani
    • 18. Japan: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Masami Takahashi and Hiroki Kato
    • 19. Mexico: The psychology of religion up to 2020 María Montero-López Lena, Armando Rivera-Ledesma, Darío Guajardo
    • 20. Nigeria: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Matthew Michael, Stephen Ede, Johnbosco Chukwuorji, Aaron Agbo and Victor Counted
    • 21. Poland: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Katarzyna Skrzypińska and Paweł M. Socha Katarzyna Skrzypińska and Paweł M. Socha
    • 22. Romania: Psychology of religion up to 2020 Adrian Opre, Razvan Porumb, Mihai Curelaru and Ramona Buzgar
    • 23. Russia: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Tatiana Malevich
    • 24. Scandinavia: Psychology of religion up to 2020 Valerie DeMarinis and Lars Danbolt
    • 25. Slovakia: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Peter Halama
    • 26. South Africa: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Richard G. Cowden, Everett L. Worthington Jr. and Sumaya Lahe
    • 27. South Korea: The psychology of religion up to 2020 EyHyun Kwon
    • 28. Spain: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Antonio Muñoz-García
    • 29. Switzerland: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Pierre-Yves Brandt and Julien Norberg
    • 30. Turkey: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Üzeyir Ok, A. Burcu Gören, and Fatumetul Zehra Guldas
    • 31. The United Kingdom: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Carissa A. Sharp and Joanna Collicutt
    • 32. The United States and Canada: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Joshua Conrad Jackson, Danica Dillion and Kurt Gray
    • 33. Vietnam: The psychology of religion up to 2020 Lê Xuân Hy, Vũ Dũng, Nguyen Thi Mai Lan and Vu Thu Trang.

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    Kevin L. Ladd, Hugo Simkin, Hugo H. Rabia, Victor Counted, Maureen Miner, Joseph Bulbulia, Wellington Zangari, Fatima Regina Machado, Kari A. O'Grady, J. Douglas Orton, Esther Abena Yirenya-Tawiah, Marissa James, Zhuo Job Chen, Shuozhi Guo, Wael Mohamed, Tõnu Lehtsaar, Sarah Demmrich, Lars Allolio-Näcke, Uwe Wolfradt, Annabella Osei-Tutu, Vivian Afi Dzokoto, Spyridon K. Tsitsigkos, Zsuzsanna Jáki, Szabolcs Urbán, and Magdolna Kővári, Amita Chatterjee, Chetna Duggal, Jyothsna Chandur, Sadhvi Krishnamoorthy, Chaitali Sinha, Rena Latifa, Dini Rahma Bintari, Bahrul Hayat, Mahboubeh Dadfar, Mario Aletti, Daniela Fagnani, Masami Takahashi, Hiroki Kato, María Montero-López Lena, Armando Rivera-Ledesma, Darío Guajardo, Matthew Michael, Stephen Ede, Johnbosco Chukwuorji, Aaron Agbo, Victor Counted , Adrian Opre, Razvan Porumb, Mihai Curelaru, Ramona Buzgar, Tatiana Malevich, Valerie DeMarinis, Lars Danbolt, Peter Halama, Richard G. Cowden, Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Sumaya Lahe, EyHyun Kwon, Antonio Muñoz-García, Pierre-Yves Brandt, Julien Norberg, Üzeyir Ok, A. Burcu Gören, Fatumetul Zehra Guldas, Carissa A. Sharp, Joanna Collicutt, Joshua Conrad Jackson, Danica Dillion, Kurt Gray, Lê Xuân Hy, Vũ Dũng, Nguyen Thi Mai Lan, Vu Thu Trang

    Editors

    Kevin L. Ladd , Indiana University, South Bend

    Kevin L. Ladd is Chancellor's Professor of Psychology at Indiana University South Bend, USA. He is an active leader in the International Association for the Psychology of Religion, Editor-in-Chief of the Archive for the Psychology of Religion, and former President of APA Division 36. His research investigates prayer, Open Science, and theatrical magic.

    Jayanti Basu , University of Calcutta

    Jayanti Basu is a retired Professor of Applied Psychology at the University of Calcutta, West Bengal, with 39 years' worth of experience. She is also a registered psychoanalyst. Professor Basu has authored over 100 published papers and book chapters in international journals and edited volumes, as well as a book on the Bengal Partition.

    Valerie DeMarinis , Uppsala Universitet, Sweden

    Valerie DeMarinis holds concomitant professorships in the Department of Theology, Uppsala University, and the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden. She is also Professor of Public Mental Health Promotion at the Innlandet Hospital Trust, Norway. Professor DeMarinis's research projects include clinical psychology of religion, existential meaning-making, public mental health promotion and forced migration.

    Üzeyir Ok , Ibn Haldun University

    Üzeyir Ok is a Professor of Psychology of Religion at the Faculty of Education, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Türkiye. He has been influential in developing the field in Türkiye and as a leader in the International Association for the Psychology of Religion. His research interests primarily include religious doubt, personality, and faith development.

    Wellington Zangari , Universidade de São Paulo

    Wellington Zangari is Professor of Psychology in the Institute of Psychology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He also holds coordinator positions in the Social Psychology of Religion Laboratory and the Inter Psi-Psychosocial Studies Laboratory. Professor Zangari is also a co-author of Fundamentals of the Psychology of Religion (2022).

    Meleah L. Ladd , Indiana University South Bend

    Meleah L. Ladd is Associate Scholar for Research in the Social Psychology of Religion Lab, Psychology Department at Indiana University South Bend, USA. With degrees in music performance and pedagogy, and medieval musicology, and a Ph.D in liturgical theology, her interests center around ritual, the role of food in spiritual experience, and the domestic church.

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