Pastoral Psychology
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I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States

Journal ISSN: 00312789, 15736679

Publisher: Springer New York

History: 1950-1972, 1975-2002, 2005-2021

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Scope/Description:

Pastoral Psychology is an international interdisciplinary forum for the publication of peerreviewed original papers that discuss the work of caring for understanding and exploring human beings as persons in families in small groups and in community. The journal brings the best of psychological behavioral social and human sciences research into critical engagement with pastoral concerns local institutional societal political international and other.The journal thoughtfully examines and discusses pastoral care and counseling pastoral theology psychology of religion and the multidimensional interface between psychology and religionspirituality. All theoretical perspectives are welcome including but not limited to psychoanalytic and other depth psychologies experimental and empirical psychologies humanistic psychology transpersonal psychology and cultural psychology. Insights from existential perspectives gender studies phenomenology sociology anthropology and cultural studies are welcome. Theoretical contributions that have direct or indirect relevance for practice broadly construed are especially desirable as our audience includes not only academics and scholars in religion and psychology but also religious and spiritual leaders and others such as chaplains social workers counselors clinical psychologists and psychiatrists.Pastoral Psychology welcomes scholarship and reflection from all religious and spiritual traditions. The journal publishes the timely work of recognized experts but welcomes submissions from scholars and practitioners who are newer to their fields. In addition to research papers the journal publishes thoughtful essays and book and film reviews.