{"id":7117,"date":"2013-04-17T12:16:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T16:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=7117"},"modified":"2013-04-17T12:16:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T16:16:46","slug":"kenneth-i-pargament-talks-about-the-psychology-of-religion-and-spirituality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/kenneth-i-pargament-talks-about-the-psychology-of-religion-and-spirituality\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth I. Pargament Talks About the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">Nearly 80 percent of Americans say they practice some type of religion, while approximately 20 percent, mostly younger people, say they do not, according to a 2012 Pew Research Center study. Whether a person is religious, spiritual or neither, the major influence religion has on American culture is emphasized in such religious observances as Passover and Easter. Kenneth I. Pargament, PhD, is a leading expert in the psychology of religion and spirituality. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">Known for his scholarly work and his scientific analyses of religion\u2019s role in mental health, he served as editor-in-chief of the \u201cAPA Handbook of Psychology, Religion and Spirituality\u201d published in January 2013. He has written two books: \u201cThe Psychology of Religion and Coping: Theory, Research, Practice\u201d (1997) and \u201cSpiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: Understanding and Addressing the Sacred\u201d (2007). <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">He is a clinical psychologist and a professor of psychology at Bowling Green State University and distinguished scholar at the Institute for Spirituality and Health at the Texas Medical Center. APA recently asked Pargament the following questions about the psychology of religion and spirituality.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">To read more, please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.org\/news\/press\/releases\/2013\/03\/religion-spirituality.aspx\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 80 percent of Americans say they practice some type of religion, while approximately 20 percent, mostly younger people, say they do not, according to a 2012 Pew Research Center study. 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