A Hundred Years of the IAPR: A Celebratory Supplement to the Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Book info: A Hundred Years of the IAPR: A Celebratory Supplement to the Archive for the Psychology of Religion (Paperback, 144 pages) – Brill, 2016. Language: English.

In 2015, both the journal Archive for the Psychology of Religion and the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR), the bearer of the journal, completed their first century. This occasion prompted extensive historical research to the scientific infrastructure concerned, and critical reflection on their reason for existence, dealing with questions such as: How is the psychology of religion doing? What is it about? Which factors play a role? Whom does it serve? What has been the place and value of the infrastructure now celebrating its existence? This celebrating supplement to the Archive for the Psychology of Religion expands this discussion of IAPR’s history and continues its critical reflexion. Editorial Reviews About the Author Jacob A. Belzen holds doctorates in Social Sciences, History, Philosophy and Sciences of Religion. A full professor at the University of Amsterdam, he belongs to the best known European psychologists of religion.