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1. An Introduction to tlie Psycliology of Religion and<br/>Coping<br/>why Study Religion and Coping?, <br/>why a Psychology of Religion and Coping?, <br/>Bridging Worldviews and Practices, 0; Bridging Methods of<br/>Knowing the World, Q<br/>what the Psychology of Religion and Coping Cannot<br/>offer, <br/>A Complete Accounting of Religious Life, ; An UnbfaseJ<br/>Portrayal, <br/>Conclusions and Plan of the Booh, <br/>Part One. A PERSPECTIVE ON RELIGION<br/>2. The Sacred and the Search for Significance<br/>Entering the Religious Labyrinth, <br/>The Many Meanings of Religion, <br/>Toward a Definition of Religion, <br/>The Substantive Tradition:<br/> The Sacred as the Mark ofReligion, <br/> The Functional Tradition<br/> The Struggle with ultimate Issues as the Mark of Religion, ; Bridging the<br/>Substantive and Functional Traditions: The Sacred an d the<br/>Search for Significance as the Mark of Religion, <br/>A Definition of Religion, <br/>3. Religious Pathways and Religious Destinations<br/>Religious Means: Pathways to Significance, <br/>Ways of Feeling, Thinking, Acting, and Relating, <br/> ManyShapes, Many Sizes, 3Q; Pathways as Functional<br/>Mechanisms, Some Final Thoughts ahout Religious<br/>Pathways, <br/>Religious Ends: Destinations of Significance, <br/>The place of the Human, The Place of the Spiritual, <br/> TheVariety of Personal and Social Ends of Religion, <br/> Some Final Thoughts ahout Religious Destinations, <br/>Religious Orientations to tke Means and Ends of<br/>Significance, <br/>The Polarization of the Means an d Ends of R eligion, <br/> A Means-an d-Ends Analysis of Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Quest<br/>Orientations<br/> Implications of a Means-and-Ends Approach,<br/>; Religious Disorientation, <br/>Beyond Religious Orientations, <br/>Part Two. A PERSPECTIVE ON COPING<br/>4. An Introduction to tke Concept of Coping<br/>Tke Historical Context of Coping, <br/>External Historical Forces, <br/>; Internal Historical Forces,<br/>First Steps in tke Study of Coping, <br/>Tke Central Qualities of Coping, <br/>Coping as an Encounter between Person and Situation,<br/>Coping as Multidimensional, <br/>; Coping as a Multilayered<br/>Contextual Phenomenon,<br/> Coping as Possibilities and Choices, ;<br/> Diversity as a Hallmark of Coping, <br/>Conclusions, <br/>5. Tke Flow of Coping<br/>Assumption I. People Seek Significance, <br/>The Sense of Significance, <br/> The Objects of Significance,<br/>; The Motivation to Attain Significance,<br/>Assumption II. Events are Constructed in Terms tof<br/>Tkeir Significance to People,<br/>Primary Appraisals, ; Secondary Appraisals, ; <br/>The Power of Appraisals, <br/>Assumption III. People Bring an Orienting System to tke<br/>Coping Process,<br/>The Resources of Coping, <br/>; The Burdens of Coping, <br/>The Bank Account of Resources and Burdens, <br/>Assumption IV: People Translate tke Orienting System<br/>into Specific Metkods of Coping, <br/>Assumption V: People Seek Significance in Coping<br/>Tkrougk tke Meckanisms of Conservation and<br/>Transformation, <br/>Tke Conservation of Significance, <br/> Tke Transformation of<br/>Significance, ICQ; Conservation and Transformation of Means<br/>and Ends in Coping<br/>Assumption VI: People Cope in Ways tkat are<br/>Compelling to Tkem,<br/>Assumption VII: Coping is Emkedded in Culture, <br/>Assumption VIII: Tke Keys to Good Coping Lie in tke<br/>Outcomes and tke Process, <br/>Tke Outcomes Approack, HQ; Tke Process Approack, <br/>Conclusions, <br/>Part Three. THE RELIGION AND COPING CONNECTION<br/>6. Wken People Turn to Religion; Wken Tkey Turn<br/>Away<br/>Are Tkere Really No Atkeists in Foxkoles?, <br/>Some Anecdotal Accounts, 132; Some Contrasting Anecdotal<br/>Accounts, 134; Empirical Perspectives,<br/>; Conclusions,wken Religion and Coping Converge, <br/>Wky Religion and Coping Converge, <br/>Tke Availahility of Religion in tke Orienting System, ; <br/>TheCompelling Ckaracter of Religious Coping Metkods, ;<br/> The Relationskip between tke Availability of Religion and tke<br/>Compelling Ckaracter of Religious Coping Metkods, <br/>why Religion and Coping Diverge, <br/>Leaving tke Convent, <br/>; Wkere is God in Hell?, <br/> Tke Making of Atkeists<br/>Conclusions,<br/>7. Tke Many Faces of Religion in Coping<br/>From Heaven to Eartk, <br/>Beyond Stereotypes,<br/>Merely Tension Reduction? The Many Ends of Religious<br/>Coping, 168; Merely Denial? Tke Many Religious<br/>Constructions of tke Situation, <br/> Merely Avoidance? Tke Many Metkods of Religious Coping, Measuring tke Many Faces of Religious Coping, <br/>Skaping tke Expression of Religious Coping,<br/>Situational Forces and tke Shape of Religious Coping, ;<br/>Cultural Forces and tke Shape of Religious Coping, ;<br/>InJwiJual Forces anJ the Shape of Religious Coping: The<br/>Orienting System, <br/>Conclusions, <br/>8. Religion and tke Meclianisms of Coping:<br/>Tke Conservation of Significance<br/>Relig ion and tlie Conservation of Significance, <br/>Holding Fast: Relig ion and tke Preservation of<br/>Significance, <br/>Marking Boundaries, ; Religious Perseverance<br/>Religious Support, <br/>Another Way to an Old Destination: Religion and tke<br/>Reconstruction of tke Patk to Significance, <br/>Religious Switching,<br/>; Religious Purification, <br/>Religious Reframing, <br/>Conclusions, <br/>9- Religion and tke Mechanisms of Coping:<br/>The Transformation of Significance<br/>change of Heart: Religion and tke Re-\'aluation of<br/>Significance,<br/>Seeking Religious Purpose,<br/>; Rites of Passage, <br/>Radical Change: Religion and tke Re-Creation of<br/>Significance,<br/>Religious Conversion: From Self to Sacred Concern, <br/>Religious Forgiving: From Anger to Peace,<br/>Conclusions, <br/>Part Four. EVALUATIVE AND PRACTICAL<br/>IMPLICATIONS<br/>10. Does it Work? Religion and tke Outcomes of Coping<br/>Self-E valuations of tke Eff icacy of Religious Coping,<br/>Religious Orientations and tke Outcomes of Negative<br/>Life Events, <br/>Relig ious Coping and tke Outcomes of Negative Life<br/>Events,<br/>what Types of Religious Coping are Helpful? Wkat<br/>Types are Harmful?,<br/>Flelpful Forms of Religious Coping, <br/>Harmful Forms of<br/>Religious Coping, <br/>; Forms of Religious Coping with Mixed<br/>Implications, <br/> Patterns of Positive and Negative Religious<br/>Coping,<br/>Is Relig ion More Helpful to Some People tkan Otkers in<br/>Times of Stress?, <br/>Is Religion More Helpful in Some Situations tkan<br/>Otkers?, <br/>Evidence for the Religious Stress Moderator Model,<br/><br/>Evidence for the Religious Stress Deterrent Model and the<br/>Combined Model, <br/> How Helpful is Religious Coping in<br/>Comparison to Other Forms of Coping?, <br/>Conclusions, <br/>11. wk en Religion Fails: Proklems of Integration in tke<br/>Process of Coping<br/>Tke Wrong Direction: Proklems o f Ends, <br/>Religious One-Sidedness, <br/> Religious Deception,<br/>Tke Wrong Road: Prokl ems of Means, <br/>Errors of Religious Explanation,<br/>; Errors of Religious<br/>Control <br/>; Errors of Religious Moderation<br/>Against tke Wind: Proklems of Fit, <br/>A Time and Place for Not Fitting, <br/>No Single Best Way to Cope, <br/>Accounting for tke Failures of Religion in Coping,<br/>Undifferentiated Religion, <br/> Fragmented Religion,<br/>Religious Rigidity, <br/> Insecure Religious Attachment, <br/>Conclusions, <br/>12. Putting Religion into Practice<br/>Attending to tke Helper's Orientation to Religion, <br/>Religious Rejectionism, <br/> Religious Exclusivism,<br/>Religious Constructivism, <br/> Religious Pluralism, <br/>Assessing Religion in tke Coping Process<br/>The Standard for Comparison, <br/> The Starting Point,<br/>Assessing Religion in Context, <br/>Applications of Religious Coping to Counseling,<br/>Preservation<br/>; Reconstruction, <br/> Re-Valuation, <br/>Re-Creation,<br/>; The Efficacy of R eligious Counseling, <br/>Tke Broader Practical Implications of Religion and<br/>Coping, <br/>Expanding the Pool of Helpers, <br/>; Expanding the Targets of<br/>Help, 3Q4; Expanding the Time to Help, 3Q6<br/>Bridging tke Worlds of Psyckology and Religion Tkrougk<br/>Resource Collakoration, 400 |
