Being Called: Scientific, Secular, and Sacred Perspectives
Scientific, Secular, and Sacred Perspectives
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, Psychology of Religion, Health & Well Being, Psychology
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781440839139 | |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO | Publication: | August 18, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Praeger | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781440839139 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO |
| Publication: | August 18, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Praeger |
| Language: | English |
This unique book is an essential resource for interdisciplinary research and scholarship on the phenomenon of feeling called to a life path or vocation at the interface of science and religion.
• Offers religious, spiritual, scientific, and secular avenues of understanding experiences of calling
• Creates an opening for a new dialogue between psychology and spirituality
• Provides readers with sound, practical advice on how to find one's own calling or ideal direction in life in the modern world
• Includes contributions by well-known scholars and scientists such as Dr. Martin Seligman, who discovered learned helplessness and founded positive psychology; Dr. Andrew Newberg, who pioneered the neuroscience of spiritual experiences; and Dr. Ralph Hood, a renowned expert on mystical experiences
This unique book is an essential resource for interdisciplinary research and scholarship on the phenomenon of feeling called to a life path or vocation at the interface of science and religion.
• Offers religious, spiritual, scientific, and secular avenues of understanding experiences of calling
• Creates an opening for a new dialogue between psychology and spirituality
• Provides readers with sound, practical advice on how to find one's own calling or ideal direction in life in the modern world
• Includes contributions by well-known scholars and scientists such as Dr. Martin Seligman, who discovered learned helplessness and founded positive psychology; Dr. Andrew Newberg, who pioneered the neuroscience of spiritual experiences; and Dr. Ralph Hood, a renowned expert on mystical experiences
