List of Contributors ix
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
General Introduction: Religion and Science 1
Peter J. Verhagen
Part 1 Prolegomena (First Issues): History, Philosophy, Science And Culture 11
Introduction 11
1.1 Evil in Historical Perspective: At the Intersection of Religion and Psychiatry 13
Michael H. Stone
1.2 Linguistic Analysis and Values-Based Practice: One Way of Getting Started with Some Kinds of Philosophical Problems at the Interface Between Psychiatry and Religion 39
Bill (K.W.M.) Fulford
1.3 Science and Transcendence in Psychopathology; Lessons from Existentialism 63
Juan J. Lopez-Ibor Jr. & Maria Ines Lopez-Ibor Alcocer
1.4 Psychiatry of the Whole Person - Contribution of Spirituality in form of Mystic (Sufi) Thinking 73
Ahmad Mohit
Part 2 Main Issues: The Interface Between Psychiatry, Mental Health And Major Religious Traditions 87
Introduction 87
2.1 Judaism and Psychiatry 89
Ayala Uri, Noa Navot & Alan Apter
2.2 Christianity and Psychiatry 105
John R. Peteet
2.3 Religion and Mental Health in Islam 119
Ahmed Okasha
2.4 Psychiatry and African Religion 143
Frank G. Njenga, Anna Nguithi & Sam G. Gatere
2.5 Hinduism and Mental Health 159
R. Srinivasa Murthy
2.6 Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Japan 181
Naotaka Shinfuku & Kenji Kitanishi
2.7 Psychiatry and Theravada Buddhism 193
Pichet Udomratn
Part 3 Core Issues: Religion And Psychopathology 209
Introduction 209
3.1 Religious Experience and Psychopathology 211
Juan J. Lopez-Ibor Jr. & Maria Ines Lopez-Ibor Alcocer
3.2 God's Champions and Adversaries: About the Borders between Normal and Abnormal Religiosity 235
Herman M. van Praag
3.3 Religion and Psychopathology: Psychosis and Depression 253
Andrew C. P. Sims
3.4 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Religion: A Reconnaissance 271
Harold J. G. M. van Megen, Dianne A. den Boer-Wolters & Peter J. Verhagen
3.5 Religion and Psychoanalysis: Past and Present 283
Allan M. Josephson, Armand Nicholi Jr. & Allan Tasman
3.6 On the Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism 305
John, Lord Alderdice
3.7 Measurement at the Interface of Psychiatry and Religion: Issues and Existing Measures 319
Peter C. Hill & Carissa Dwiwardani
Part 4 Research Issues 341
Introduction 341
4.1 Religion and Mental Health: What Do You Mean When You Say 'Religion'? What Do You Mean When You Say 'Mental Health'? 343
Charles H. Hackney
4.2 A Moment of Anger, a Lifetime of Favor: Image of God, Personality, and Orthodox Religiosity 361
Elisabeth H.M. Eurelings-Bontekoe & Hanneke Schaap-Jonker
4.3 The Relationship Between an Orthodox Protestant Upbringing and Current Orthodox Protestant Adherence, DSM-IV Axis II B Cluster Personality Disorders and Structural Borderline Personality Organization 373
Elisabeth H.M. Eurelings-Bontekoe & Patrick Luyten
4.4 When Religion Goes Awry: Religious Risk Factors for Poorer Health and Well-Being 389
Hisham Abu Raiya, Kenneth I. Pargament & Gina Magyar-Russell
4.5 Religious Practice and Mental Health: a Moroccan Experience 413
Driss Moussaoui & Nadia Kadri
4.6 Religious and Spiritual Considerations in Psychiatric Diagnosis: Considerations for the DSM-V 423
David Lukoff, C. Robert Cloninger, Marc Galanter, David M. Gellerman, Linda Glickman, Harold G. Koenig, Francis G. Lu, William E. Narrow, John R. Peteet, Samuel B. Thielman & C. Paul Yang
Part 5 Interdisciplinary Issues: Psychotherapy, Pastoral Care And Meaning Giving 445
Introduction 445
5.1 Gods of the Horizon: The Therapist's and the Patient's Religious Representations and the Inevitability of Countertransference 447
Moshe Halevi Spero
5.2 Assumptions About Pastoral Care, Spirituality and Mental Health 479
Peter J. Verhagen & Adamantios G. Avgoustidis
5.3 Coming to Terms with Loss in Schizophrenia - The Search for Meaning 497
Hanneke (J.K.) Muthert
Part 6 Controversial Issues: Religion And The Brain 513
Introduction 513
6.1 The Limits of Scientific Understanding and their Relevance for the Role of Religion in Psychiatry 515
Robert H. Belmaker
6.2 Seat of the Divine: A Biological 'Proof of God's Existence'? 523
Herman M. van Praag
6.3 Neuro-Theology: Demasque of Religions 541
Dick F. Swaab & Wilma T.P. Verweij
PART 7 TRAINING ISSUES: RESIDENCY TRAINING AND CONTINUOUS EDUCATION 569
Introduction 569
7.1 Religion and the Training of Psychotherapists 571
Allan M. Josephson, John R. Peteet & Allan Tasman
7.2 Multicultural Education and Training in Religion and Spirituality 587
Peter J. Verhagen & John L. Cox
Epilogue: Proposal for a World Psychiatric Association Consensus or Position Statement on Spirituality and Religion in Psychiatry 615
Peter J. Verhagen & Christopher C.H. Cook
Notes on Contributors 633
Index of Names 647
Index of Subjects 651