Matthew R Mcwhorter
Biographic Data
| ID | 937562 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew R Mcwhorter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew R |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcwhorter |
| SIGNATURE | MCWHORTER M R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Divine Mercy University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6401-7325 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Health and holiness
Theorists examining the relationship between mental health and religion such as Harold Koenig robustly differentiate these domains of human behavior. Other clinical practitioners such as Kin Cheung Lee propose interpretations where these domains are substantially identified. Similar to Lee, researchers Koneru Ramakrishna Rao, Padmal de Silva, and Padmasiri de Silva approach the Theravāda tradition of Buddhism from psychological and clinical persp…
Jean Leclercq, Modern Psychology, & Structural Hermeneutics
In this discussion, I examine various remarks of spiritual writer and medieval historian Jean Leclercq concerning his proposal of a methodology for psychohistory, as well as various observations he makes concerning modern psychology and his own theoretical outlook. I describe Leclercq’s theoretical outlook as a structural psychology. In this viewpoint, the structure of the psyche is understood as a composite personality structure that results fro…
Integration as the goal of indigenization
Durganand Sinha (1922-1998) was an important Indian cross-cultural psychologist whose research spanned half a century. In commemoration of Sinha's passing 25 years ago, I explore in this essay his vision of the integration of Hindu religious psychology and Western scientific psychology. In the first part of the discussion, I consider a brief history of the interaction between Indian cultures and Western scientific psychology. In the second part, …
Hwang’s Philosophy for Developing an Indigenous Cultural Psychology
Kwang-Kuo Hwang provides numerous recommendations for how to develop an indigenous cultural psychology. These recommendations may be understood to suggest proceeding according to three stages: (1) beginning with philosophical reflection on the meaning of modernization and exploring the topics of reality and structure (where such reflections ground one’s subsequent development of meta-models concerning self and social interaction), (2) adopting su…
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Hwang’s Philosophy for Developing an Indigenous Cultural Psychology
Kwang-Kuo Hwang provides numerous recommendations for how to develop an indigenous cultural psychology. These recommendations may be understood to suggest proceeding according to three stages: (1) beginning with philosophical reflection on the meaning of modernization and exploring the topics of reality and structure (where such reflections ground one’s subsequent development of meta-models concerning self and social interaction), (2) adopting su…
Jean Leclercq, Modern Psychology, & Structural Hermeneutics
In this discussion, I examine various remarks of spiritual writer and medieval historian Jean Leclercq concerning his proposal of a methodology for psychohistory, as well as various observations he makes concerning modern psychology and his own theoretical outlook. I describe Leclercq’s theoretical outlook as a structural psychology. In this viewpoint, the structure of the psyche is understood as a composite personality structure that results fro…
Integration as the goal of indigenization
Durganand Sinha (1922-1998) was an important Indian cross-cultural psychologist whose research spanned half a century. In commemoration of Sinha's passing 25 years ago, I explore in this essay his vision of the integration of Hindu religious psychology and Western scientific psychology. In the first part of the discussion, I consider a brief history of the interaction between Indian cultures and Western scientific psychology. In the second part, …
Health and holiness
Theorists examining the relationship between mental health and religion such as Harold Koenig robustly differentiate these domains of human behavior. Other clinical practitioners such as Kin Cheung Lee propose interpretations where these domains are substantially identified. Similar to Lee, researchers Koneru Ramakrishna Rao, Padmal de Silva, and Padmasiri de Silva approach the Theravāda tradition of Buddhism from psychological and clinical persp…
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Community Health and Development (2 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Psychological research (2 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (2 works) · Social Representations and Identity (2 works) · Social science (2 works)