Carlos J. Correa Bernier

Toward a Latin American Psychology of Religion (eBook, ePUB)

Evolution, Tendencies and Perspectives

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Psychology of Religion is a rapidly developing field that traces its beginning back to the 1902 ground-breaking publication of The Varieties of Religious Experience by United States psychologist William James. Unfortunately, this study is a long-overdue response to what seems to be a resounding Latin American "silence" in relation to the field of the Psychology of Religion. It has been a rude awakening to learn that no psychological theories have been utilized to explain individual and group religious history, evolution and tendencies from a Latin American perspective.

Toward a Latin American Psychology of Religion: Evolution, Tendencies, and Perspectives provides the reader with a proposal for an initial, landmark overview of the field of the Psychology of Religion from a Latin American perspective. Dr. Correa Bernier draws on a number of academic disciplines, such as philosophy, sociology, anthropology, religious studies, economics, political science, history and theology, in order to consider the different ways in which psychoanalysts and research psychologists approach the field of the Psychology of Religion. The working thesis for the book is that it is impossible to understand how the Latin American people think, as a whole and as individuals, without understanding how their religious beliefs drive their way of life. For Latin Americans, religion is less a way of believing and more a way of living.

The author focuses this thematic study on the most recent research findings, although relevant, older works are also considered, in order to provide definitions of key terms as well as a panoramic description of the socio-political context where the study is taking place. It also presents the dynamics that take place on the U.S. - México Border Region, where a particular concentration of Latin American families gather on their way to the United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Conversemos, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781684184095
• Artikelnr.: 49428520

Autorenporträt

For the past three decades, Dr. Carlos J. Correa Bernier has combined his exceptional skills as a family and marital therapist, author, consultant, theologian, and public speaker, becoming one of the leading figures in the fields of Hispanic family systems, male psychology, emotional growth, relationships and bi-national Christian Based Communities. Correa Bernier brought the conversation about psychology of religion into the mainstream of theological education in the U.S.- Mexico border region of San Diego-Tijuana. His dynamic ways of teaching have been welcomed and celebrated in many Latin American countries, as well as in the Caribbean, Asia and Europe. A much sought out speaker, Correa Bernier has truly touched and transformed the lives of many. Born in Puerto Rico, he later moved to the State of Massachusetts, where he came in touch with the subject of family systems and the teachings of Salvador Minuchin. He later earned his Bachelor of Arts (psychology) and a second bachelor degree in biblical interpretation (Hebrew and Greek). Influenced by Carl Whitaker and Leonardo Boff, Correa Bernier dedicated his career to the integration of psychology and theology earning master degrees in the fields of marriage and family therapy and theology. He continued his postgraduate studies earning his Doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology with specialization in violent behaviors and male psychology, and completed his residency toward his second Doctoral degree at the GTF / University of Oxford (Christ Church College). Correa Bernier has presented workshops on many topics in more than 40 countries throughout the world.