John Mcdargh
Biographic Data
| ID | 252979 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Mcdargh |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcdargh |
| SIGNATURE | MCDARGH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Imagining the Real
Reveling in Complexity
Faith Development Theory and the Postmodern Problem of Foundations
James Fowler's (1981) faith development theory (FDT) for over 20 years has provided a theoretical foundation for a wide range of research projects in the psychology of religious development as well as generated lively critical scholarly response from other psychologists of religion. Frequently unexamined are the theological foundations of Fowler's project and the way in which his work weighs in on a matter significant for both philosophers and ps…
Group Psychotherapy as Spiritual Discipline
In this article, the author uses the process of a single session in the work of a long-term psychotherapy group to structure an exploration of the way in which psychological models, theological commitments, and personal experience have come together to inform the author's own approach to group psychotherapy. The article also suggests that the practice of group work such as this may itself become an occasion for reflection upon the mysteries of Ch…
Reply to Carter
Crucial Observations Which Need to be Extended
Rebuilding Fences and Opening Gates
This article questions Vergote's assertions about the boundaries inherent in the psychology of religion. Although it agrees that all individuals, in interacting with religious symbols, do so within the context of a public, historic tradition, any attempt to delimit psychological investigation of those experiences may ignore the breadth of the personal meanings that permeate those reactions. Furthermore, Vergote's discounting of the process of fai…
Commentary onReturning Words to Flesh andContemporary Psychoanalysis and Religion
God, mother and me
The Psychology of Religious Vocations
Psychology of Religion
Journal Article PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION Get access Stages of Faith The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning By James W Fowler Harper & Row, 1981 332 pages $14.95 John McDargh John McDargh Boston College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LI, Issue 2, June 1983, Pages 342-b–344, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LI.2.342-b Published: 01 June …
Conscience
Toward Moral and Religious Maturity
God, mother and me
Faith Development Theory and the Postmodern Problem of Foundations
James Fowler's (1981) faith development theory (FDT) for over 20 years has provided a theoretical foundation for a wide range of research projects in the psychology of religious development as well as generated lively critical scholarly response from other psychologists of religion. Frequently unexamined are the theological foundations of Fowler's project and the way in which his work weighs in on a matter significant for both philosophers and ps…
Rebuilding Fences and Opening Gates
This article questions Vergote's assertions about the boundaries inherent in the psychology of religion. Although it agrees that all individuals, in interacting with religious symbols, do so within the context of a public, historic tradition, any attempt to delimit psychological investigation of those experiences may ignore the breadth of the personal meanings that permeate those reactions. Furthermore, Vergote's discounting of the process of fai…
Toward Moral and Religious Maturity
Conscience
Psychology of Religion
Journal Article PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION Get access Stages of Faith The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning By James W Fowler Harper & Row, 1981 332 pages $14.95 John McDargh John McDargh Boston College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LI, Issue 2, June 1983, Pages 342-b–344, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LI.2.342-b Published: 01 June …
The Psychology of Religious Vocations
God, mother and me
Commentary onReturning Words to Flesh andContemporary Psychoanalysis and Religion
Rebuilding Fences and Opening Gates
This article questions Vergote's assertions about the boundaries inherent in the psychology of religion. Although it agrees that all individuals, in interacting with religious symbols, do so within the context of a public, historic tradition, any attempt to delimit psychological investigation of those experiences may ignore the breadth of the personal meanings that permeate those reactions. Furthermore, Vergote's discounting of the process of fai…
Group Psychotherapy as Spiritual Discipline
In this article, the author uses the process of a single session in the work of a long-term psychotherapy group to structure an exploration of the way in which psychological models, theological commitments, and personal experience have come together to inform the author's own approach to group psychotherapy. The article also suggests that the practice of group work such as this may itself become an occasion for reflection upon the mysteries of Ch…
Reply to Carter
Crucial Observations Which Need to be Extended
Faith Development Theory and the Postmodern Problem of Foundations
James Fowler's (1981) faith development theory (FDT) for over 20 years has provided a theoretical foundation for a wide range of research projects in the psychology of religious development as well as generated lively critical scholarly response from other psychologists of religion. Frequently unexamined are the theological foundations of Fowler's project and the way in which his work weighs in on a matter significant for both philosophers and ps…
Reveling in Complexity
Imagining the Real
Psychology (11 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Psychoanalysis (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Cross-cultural psychology (4 works) · Faith (4 works)