This compendium of introductory essays invites scholars and clinicians to better understand people of various faiths from around the world.
For example: a psychologist describes a religious ceremony in a certain community as a "sociological phenomenon." Such a technical description is likely to strike members of that community as an attempt by science to explain away th.
It is intended to correct the tendency among scientists to study religious behavior without accounting for its human dimension.
This compendium of introductory essays invites scholars and clinicians to better understand people of various faiths from around the world