Religion and Self: Notions from a Cultural Psychological Perspective.
After a brief introduction of a cultural psychological perspective, this paper turns to the concept of self. The paper proposes to conceive of that reality to which the concepts of self refer as a narrative, employing especially autobiographies and other ego-documents in empirical exploration. After discussing some psychological theories about "self," the paper points out that they may well be applied in research on personal religiosity.
Belzen
Jacob A
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Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Oude Turfmarkt 147, NL-1012 Amsterdam, The Netherlands.