Dawson, L. L. (2006). Comprehending Cults. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Kap. 1-4).
Geels, A. & Wikstr?m, O. (2006). Den religi?se m?nniskan. En introduksjon till religionspsykologien. Stockholm: Natur och Kultur. (Introduktion, kapittel 1, 2, 3 og 10).
James, W. (2002/1902). The Varieties of Religious Experience. A Study in Human Nature. Centenuary Edition. N.Y.: Routledge. (utvalgte kapitler).
Kompendium
Berger, P. L. (1999). The Desecularization of the World. A Global Overview. In Berger, P. L. (ed.), The Desecularization of the World. Resurgent Religions and Worls Politics (pp. 1-18). Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Fowler, J., & Dell, M. L. (2006). Stages of Faith from Infancy Through Adolescence: Reflections on Three Decades of Faith Development Theory. In E. C. Roehlkepartain, P. E. King, L. Wagner, & P. L. Benson (eds.), The Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence (pp. 34-45). California: Sage Publication.
Hood, R. W. (2005). Mystical, Spiritual, and Religious Experiences. In R. F. Paloutzian & C. L. Park (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (pp. 348- 364). New York: The Guilford Press.
Hood, R. W. and Belzen, J. A. (2005). Research Methods in the Psychology of Religion. In R. F. Paloutzian & C. L. Park (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (pp. 62-79). New York: The Guilford Press.
Kohlberg, L. & Ryncarz, R. A. (1990). Beyond Justice Reasoning: Moral Development and Consideration of a Seventh Stage. In C. N. Alexander & E. J. Langer (Eds.), Higher Stages of Human Development (pp. 191-207). New York: Oxford University Press.
Miller, L., & Kelley, B. S. (2005). Relationships of Religiosity and Spirituality with Mental Health and Psychopathology? In R. F.Paloutzian & C. L. Park (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (pp. 460-478). New York: The Guilford Press.
Oman, D., & Thoresen, C. E. (2005). Do Religion and Spirituality Influence Health? In R. F. Paloutzian & C. L. Park (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (pp. 435-459). New York: The Guilford Press.
Pargament, K. I., Ano, G. G., & Wachholtz, A. B. (2005). The Religious Dimension of Coping: Advances in Theory, Research and Practice. In R. F. Paloutzian & C. L. Park, C. L. (eds.), Handbook of Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (pp. 479-495). New York: The Guilford Press.
Pargament, K.J. & Mahoney, A. (2005). Spirituality. Discovering and Conserving the Sacred. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (eds.), Handbook of Positive Psychology(pp. 646-659). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Shapiro, S. L., Schwartz, G. E. R. & Santerre, C. (2005). Meditation and Positive Psychology. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 632- 645). N. Y: Oxford University Press.
Wulff, D.M. (1997). Psychology of Religion. Classic & Contemporary. Second Edition. N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Erik H. Erikson: Religion in the human life cycle kap 9, pp. 371-413).
Tilleggspensum:
I tillegg leser studentene ca.100 sider som velges fritt fra f?lgende b?ker:
Dawson, L. L. (2006). Comprehending Cults. Oxford: Oxford University Press (kap. 5-8).
Heelas, P. and Woodhead, L: The Spiritual Revolution. Why Religion is giving Way to Spirituality, 2005. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Hood, R. W. Hill, P. C., and Williamson, W. P: The Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism, 2005. NY: the Guilford Press.
James, W. (2002/1902). The Varieties of Religious Experiences. A Study in Human Nature. Centenuary Edition. N.Y.: Routledge.
Jung, C. G. (1966). Psychology & Religion. Based on the Terry Lectures delivered at Yale University. New Haven: Yale University Press (Original work published 1938) (nyere opptrykk finnes)