Owe Wikstrom
Biographic Data
| ID | 4224287 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Owe Wikstrom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Owe |
| FAMILY NAME | Wikstrom |
| SIGNATURE | WIKSTROM O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Skellefteå (Sweden) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Roles and relations in Bach's Actus Tragicus (BWV 106) - a Psychologiacal interpretation
No abstract available
Taking a Step Back
Darsan (to See) Lord Shiva in Varanasi. Visual Processes and the Representation of God by Seven Ricksha-Drivers
In spite of its effort to be transculturally relevant, the psychology of religion is quite ethno- or rather Western-centric. This becomes very clear when one tries to "translate" Indian folk religiosity into concepts taken from mainline theories; i.e. social, cognitive or psychoanalytical psychology of religion. Not only do the norms and values differ, but the very ontological assumptions underlying the categories in which the researcher understa…
The Psychology of Religion in Scandinavia
Psychological study of religion in Scandinavia began with Hoffding in 1901. Soderblom, a contemporary of Hoffding, initiated the field as an independent endeavor. There has been a continued collaboration between theology and psychology throughout this century. The field developed largely in Sweden but is strong today in Finland as well. Early themes were ecstasy, mysticism, and psychoanalysis. Norwegian psychology of religion was greatly influenc…
Attribution, Roles and Religion
Hjaimar Sunden (born 1908) was professor of the Psychology of Religion at the University of Uppsala 1967-1975. He started his academic career with studies of the Old Testament and the History of Religion and wrote his doctoral dissertation on Henri Bergson (1940). In his teaching and lectures, he always underlined the importance of the transcultural and transhistorical aspects of the psychological understanding of religion. He has created and dev…
Possession as a clinical phenomenon
The focus of this article is on the individual's specific experience of his personality being possessed, either partially or completely, momentarily or for an extended period of time, by evil spirits. It must be seen as necessary to supplement the narrow medical model for interpreting states of possession. The clinically interested psychologist of religion, in particular, needs consider aspects of the phenomenology of religion and clinical psycho…
A case of “possession”
Attribution, Roles and Religion
Hjaimar Sunden (born 1908) was professor of the Psychology of Religion at the University of Uppsala 1967-1975. He started his academic career with studies of the Old Testament and the History of Religion and wrote his doctoral dissertation on Henri Bergson (1940). In his teaching and lectures, he always underlined the importance of the transcultural and transhistorical aspects of the psychological understanding of religion. He has created and dev…
The Psychology of Religion in Scandinavia
Psychological study of religion in Scandinavia began with Hoffding in 1901. Soderblom, a contemporary of Hoffding, initiated the field as an independent endeavor. There has been a continued collaboration between theology and psychology throughout this century. The field developed largely in Sweden but is strong today in Finland as well. Early themes were ecstasy, mysticism, and psychoanalysis. Norwegian psychology of religion was greatly influenc…
A case of “possession”
Possession as a clinical phenomenon
The focus of this article is on the individual's specific experience of his personality being possessed, either partially or completely, momentarily or for an extended period of time, by evil spirits. It must be seen as necessary to supplement the narrow medical model for interpreting states of possession. The clinically interested psychologist of religion, in particular, needs consider aspects of the phenomenology of religion and clinical psycho…
Attribution, Roles and Religion
Hjaimar Sunden (born 1908) was professor of the Psychology of Religion at the University of Uppsala 1967-1975. He started his academic career with studies of the Old Testament and the History of Religion and wrote his doctoral dissertation on Henri Bergson (1940). In his teaching and lectures, he always underlined the importance of the transcultural and transhistorical aspects of the psychological understanding of religion. He has created and dev…
The Psychology of Religion in Scandinavia
Psychological study of religion in Scandinavia began with Hoffding in 1901. Soderblom, a contemporary of Hoffding, initiated the field as an independent endeavor. There has been a continued collaboration between theology and psychology throughout this century. The field developed largely in Sweden but is strong today in Finland as well. Early themes were ecstasy, mysticism, and psychoanalysis. Norwegian psychology of religion was greatly influenc…
Darsan (to See) Lord Shiva in Varanasi. Visual Processes and the Representation of God by Seven Ricksha-Drivers
In spite of its effort to be transculturally relevant, the psychology of religion is quite ethno- or rather Western-centric. This becomes very clear when one tries to "translate" Indian folk religiosity into concepts taken from mainline theories; i.e. social, cognitive or psychoanalytical psychology of religion. Not only do the norms and values differ, but the very ontological assumptions underlying the categories in which the researcher understa…
Taking a Step Back
Roles and relations in Bach's Actus Tragicus (BWV 106) - a Psychologiacal interpretation
No abstract available
Philosophy (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Possession (linguistics (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · Religious studies (2 works)