Sites attempting to integrate (or disagreeing with efforts to integrate) psychology with Christian theology or practice are welcome here.

A largely American movement to integrate the theory and praxis of psychology with Christian theology and praxis. Integration is concerned both with taking a theological perspective on psychological topics, such as personality, family relationships, emotionality, human development, pathology or assessment; and with taking a psychological perspective of a religious nature, such as spiritual numbness, church conflicts, missionary selection, or interpersonal tensions. Different researchers in the field disagree as to what degree such an integration is appropriate, and if so, which discipline should take precedence, if either.

Calls for papers, programs, and registration details for psychology of religion conferences past and forthcoming.

Please submit URLs for academic institutions or programs relating specifically to psychology and religion.

Academic institutions or programs with degree courses integrating psychology and religion or specifically on the academic study of psychology of religion.

Please only submit URLs for journals relating to the study of psychology and religion to this category.

Scholarly periodicals relating to the study of psychology of religion, or of the relationship between psychology and religion.

Neuroscience is an emerging field of study, sometimes also called biotheology, but which really should probably be called "biology of religion." It addresses the relationship between the brain (or entire physical organism) and religion, including religious experience, behavior, and belief.

Organizations that relate to the study of psychology of religion, to the application of psychology in religious contexts, or to theoretical or applied aspects of the integration of psychology and religion.

This category contains sites for published researchers and educators, past and present, within the psychology of religion. The majority of sites contain contact details and lists of publications; some additionally contain full text articles. Site descriptions contain the research interests and institution of each person, where appropriate.

This category contains sites concerned with the academic psychological study of religious experience. Sites concerned with research attempting to investigate or explain religious experiences are welcome here.

Religious or mystical experience can be defined in several ways. Paul Tillich defines a religious experience as one that gives ultimate meaning, structure and direction to human experience. Huston Smith defines a religious experience as one that moves the experiencer's feelings, thought, and will, eliciting from the experiencer a centered response from the core of his being.