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Psychology and Religion: Psychology and Religion is the academic discipline investigating religious experience, belief, and behavior.

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• AmoebaWeb: Psychology and Religion - Douglas Degelman's directory of resources related to the integration of psychology and Christianity, sexuality, science, and prayer.
• Biblical Psychology - A contemporary and historical survey of Christian understandings of the nature of human beings, by Matthew Cohn. Includes list of relevant key works that are not yet translated into English.
• Buddhist Psychology - Essay on the history of Buddhist Psychology.
• Buddhist Psychotherapy - Explores the interface between the ancient discipline of Buddhism and the modern discipline of psychotherapy.
• Perceptions of God Survey - Online research into images, concepts, and metaphors of God by Earl Schaefer.
• Prayer, Faith, and Health - David G. Myers' commentary on the background of the Harvard Prayer Experiment. Originally presented in Reformed Review (2000) 53(2):119-126.
• Psychological Needs and the Practice of Religion - A brief description of Kenneth Brown's PhD research, analysing Maslow's hierarchy of needs in the light of psychology of religion.
• Psychology of Prayer - Notes and bibliographic references for D. Andrew Kille's lecture on prayer, a part of the Pastoral Ministries Program at Santa Clara University.
• Psychology and Religion - Collection of annotated links from Nikitas Kafkios. Categories include resources dealing with integration, anti-psychology sites, journals, and bibliographies.
• Spirituality Research - Publishes empirical research on spirituality. It offers a conceptual and a graphic model of spirituality, and a questionnaire designed to measure the strengths of spiritual beliefs
• Are We Hardwired for God? - The Guardian newspaper's review of Pascal Boyer's book "Religion Explained". (February 7, 2002)