Required Text Books:
Spilka, B., Hood, R. W., Jr., Hunsberger, B., & Gorsuch, R. (2003). The psychology of religion: An empirical approach (3rd ed.). New York: Guilford.
Cox, R. H., Ervin-Cox, B., & Hoffman, L. (Eds.). (2005). Spirituality and psychological health. Colorado Springs, CO: Colorado School of Professional Psychology Press.
Required Online Reading:
Hoffman, L., Hoffman, J., Robison, B., & Lawrence, K. (2005, April). Modern and postmodern ways of knowing: Implications for theory and integration. Paper presented at the Christian Association for Psychological Studies International Conference, Dallas, TX.
Hoffman, L., Grimes, C. S. M., & Acoba, R. (2005, November). Research on the experience of God: Rethinking epistemological assumptions. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Rochester, NY.
Diamond, S. A. (1996). The psychology of evil: Devils, demons, and the daimonic. In S. A. Diamond Anger, madness, and the daimonic (Chapter 3, pp. 55-86). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. (Online version)
Suggested Reading:
Hill, P. C. & Hood, R. W., Jr. (Eds.). (1999). Measures of religiosity. Birmingham, AL: Religious Education Press.
Kirkpatrick, L. A. (2005). Attachment, evolution, and the psychology of religion. New York: Guilford.
Moriarty, G. (2006). Pastoral care of depression: Helping clients heal their relationship with God. New York: Haworth Press. (Book Review)
Witham, L. (2005). The measure of God: Our century-long struggle to reconcile science and religion. The story of the Gifford Lectures. New York: HarperCollins. (Book Review)
Wulff, D. M. (1997). Psychology of religion: Classic and contemporary (2nd ed). New York: Wiley.
Recommended Online Resources:
Hoffman, L., Grimes, C. S. M., & Mitchell, M. (2004, July). Transcendence, suffering, and psychotherapy. Paper presented at the Bi-annual Conference of the International Network for Personal Meaning, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Levant, R. (2005). Evidence-based practice in psychology. Monitor on Psychology, 36.
Gibson, N. (2006). The experimental investigation of religious cognition. Dissertation available online.