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Assessing Spirituality in a Diverse World / Ai, Amy L. ; Wink, Paul ; Paloutzian, Raymond F. ; Harris, Kevin A.
TÃtulo : Assessing Spirituality in a Diverse World Tipo de documento: documento electrónico Autores: Ai, Amy L., ; Wink, Paul, ; Paloutzian, Raymond F., ; Harris, Kevin A., Mención de edición: 1 ed. Editorial: [s.l.] : Springer Fecha de publicación: 2021 Número de páginas: XX, 618 p. 20 ilustraciones, 5 ilustraciones en color. ISBN/ISSN/DL: 978-3-030-52140-0 Nota general: Libro disponible en la plataforma SpringerLink. Descarga y lectura en formatos PDF, HTML y ePub. Descarga completa o por capítulos. Idioma : Inglés (eng) Palabras clave: Religión y sociologÃa PsicologÃa y religión PsicometrÃa SociologÃa de la religión PsicologÃa de la Religión y la Espiritualidad Clasificación: 306.6 Resumen: Este volumen aborda un problema importante en la investigación cientÃfica social sobre religiones y espiritualidad globales: cómo evaluar el papel de diversas creencias y prácticas religiosas y espirituales (R/S) dentro de la rápida evolución de la globalización espiritual y las tendencias de diversificación. El libro examina esta cuestión reuniendo a un panel de académicos internacionales que incluye psicólogos, sociólogos e investigadores en estudios religiosos, salud pública, medicina y trabajo social. El contenido incluye capÃtulos que describen conceptos innovadores de espiritualidad poscristiana, formas orientales de meditación, creencias sobre la vida después de la muerte asociadas con los tres legados culturales dominantes, diversas visiones del mundo no religiosas, la Jihad espiritual y la reverencia secular y religiosa. El libro también cubre temas tan importantes como el bienestar espiritual, la fe, la lucha, la creación de significado, el modelado y el apoyo, asà como el misticismo y el uso de la oración para afrontar las crisis existenciales. Este libro promueve la comprensión del papel de R/S en diferentes religiones y sistemas culturales, incluidos los occidentales y no occidentales, y enriquece la corriente principal de las ciencias y prácticas psicológicas. Atrae a estudiantes, educadores, investigadores y médicos de múltiples campos y disciplinas relacionados. Nota de contenido: Chapter 1. Mainstreaming the Assessment of Diverse Religions and Spirituality in Psychology (Scott Richards) -- Chapter 2. The Connection of Soul Scale and Prediction for Psychological Wellbeing (Amy L. Ai) -- Chapter 3. Spiritual Struggle (SS): A Bifactor Model, Plus Measurement Invariance Tests for Nonbelievers (Nick Stauner) -- Chapter 4. The Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire (SCSRFQ) (Thomas G. Plante) -- Chapter 5. Assessing the Sense of Reverence (SOR) in Contexts: A Positive Emotion Related to Psychological Functioning (Amy L. Ai) -- Chapter 6. The Spiritual Modeling Self-Efficacy, Stand-Alone (SMSE-SA) scale (Doug Oman) -- Chapter 7. The Spiritual and Religious Antagonism Scale (SARAS): Examining Biases to Religious and Spiritual Beliefs in Comparing Clinicians and College Students (Dominick A. Scalise) -- Chapter 8. The Measurement of Diverse Adolescent Spirituality (MDAS) Among Mexican Youth (Pamela E. King) -- Chapter 9. Multidimensional Self-Report Measuresof Spirituality: Compare and Contrast of the Spiritual Orientation Inventory (SOI) and the Expressions of Spirituality Inventory (ESI) (Aryeh Lazar) -- Chapter 10. Assessing Religions and Spirituality in a Diversified World: Towards an Integrative Paradigm (Christine Agaibi, M.A.). Tipo de medio : Computadora Summary : This volume addresses an important problem in social scientific research on global religions and spirituality: How to evaluate the role of diverse religious and spiritual (R/S) beliefs and practices within the rapid evolution of spiritual globalization and diversification trends. The book examines this question by bringing together a panel of international scholars including psychologists, sociologists, and researchers in religious studies, public health, medicine, and social work. The content includes chapters describing innovative concepts of post-Christian spirituality, Eastern forms of meditation, afterlife beliefs associated with the three dominant cultural legacies, various non-religious worldviews, spiritual Jihad, and secular and religious reverence. The book also covers such important themes as spiritual well-being, faith, struggle, meaning making, modeling, and support, as well as mysticism and using prayer to cope with existential crises. This book advancesthe understanding of the role of R/S across different faiths and cultural systems, including both Western and non-Western ones, and enriches the mainstream of psychological sciences and practices. It appeals to students, educators, researchers, and clinicians in multiple related fields and disciplines. Enlace de acceso : https://link-springer-com.biblioproxy.umanizales.edu.co/referencework/10.1007/97 [...] Assessing Spirituality in a Diverse World [documento electrónico] / Ai, Amy L., ; Wink, Paul, ; Paloutzian, Raymond F., ; Harris, Kevin A., . - 1 ed. . - [s.l.] : Springer, 2021 . - XX, 618 p. 20 ilustraciones, 5 ilustraciones en color.
ISBN : 978-3-030-52140-0
Libro disponible en la plataforma SpringerLink. Descarga y lectura en formatos PDF, HTML y ePub. Descarga completa o por capítulos.
Idioma : Inglés (eng)
Palabras clave: Religión y sociologÃa PsicologÃa y religión PsicometrÃa SociologÃa de la religión PsicologÃa de la Religión y la Espiritualidad Clasificación: 306.6 Resumen: Este volumen aborda un problema importante en la investigación cientÃfica social sobre religiones y espiritualidad globales: cómo evaluar el papel de diversas creencias y prácticas religiosas y espirituales (R/S) dentro de la rápida evolución de la globalización espiritual y las tendencias de diversificación. El libro examina esta cuestión reuniendo a un panel de académicos internacionales que incluye psicólogos, sociólogos e investigadores en estudios religiosos, salud pública, medicina y trabajo social. El contenido incluye capÃtulos que describen conceptos innovadores de espiritualidad poscristiana, formas orientales de meditación, creencias sobre la vida después de la muerte asociadas con los tres legados culturales dominantes, diversas visiones del mundo no religiosas, la Jihad espiritual y la reverencia secular y religiosa. El libro también cubre temas tan importantes como el bienestar espiritual, la fe, la lucha, la creación de significado, el modelado y el apoyo, asà como el misticismo y el uso de la oración para afrontar las crisis existenciales. Este libro promueve la comprensión del papel de R/S en diferentes religiones y sistemas culturales, incluidos los occidentales y no occidentales, y enriquece la corriente principal de las ciencias y prácticas psicológicas. Atrae a estudiantes, educadores, investigadores y médicos de múltiples campos y disciplinas relacionados. Nota de contenido: Chapter 1. Mainstreaming the Assessment of Diverse Religions and Spirituality in Psychology (Scott Richards) -- Chapter 2. The Connection of Soul Scale and Prediction for Psychological Wellbeing (Amy L. Ai) -- Chapter 3. Spiritual Struggle (SS): A Bifactor Model, Plus Measurement Invariance Tests for Nonbelievers (Nick Stauner) -- Chapter 4. The Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire (SCSRFQ) (Thomas G. Plante) -- Chapter 5. Assessing the Sense of Reverence (SOR) in Contexts: A Positive Emotion Related to Psychological Functioning (Amy L. Ai) -- Chapter 6. The Spiritual Modeling Self-Efficacy, Stand-Alone (SMSE-SA) scale (Doug Oman) -- Chapter 7. The Spiritual and Religious Antagonism Scale (SARAS): Examining Biases to Religious and Spiritual Beliefs in Comparing Clinicians and College Students (Dominick A. Scalise) -- Chapter 8. The Measurement of Diverse Adolescent Spirituality (MDAS) Among Mexican Youth (Pamela E. King) -- Chapter 9. Multidimensional Self-Report Measuresof Spirituality: Compare and Contrast of the Spiritual Orientation Inventory (SOI) and the Expressions of Spirituality Inventory (ESI) (Aryeh Lazar) -- Chapter 10. Assessing Religions and Spirituality in a Diversified World: Towards an Integrative Paradigm (Christine Agaibi, M.A.). Tipo de medio : Computadora Summary : This volume addresses an important problem in social scientific research on global religions and spirituality: How to evaluate the role of diverse religious and spiritual (R/S) beliefs and practices within the rapid evolution of spiritual globalization and diversification trends. The book examines this question by bringing together a panel of international scholars including psychologists, sociologists, and researchers in religious studies, public health, medicine, and social work. The content includes chapters describing innovative concepts of post-Christian spirituality, Eastern forms of meditation, afterlife beliefs associated with the three dominant cultural legacies, various non-religious worldviews, spiritual Jihad, and secular and religious reverence. The book also covers such important themes as spiritual well-being, faith, struggle, meaning making, modeling, and support, as well as mysticism and using prayer to cope with existential crises. This book advancesthe understanding of the role of R/S across different faiths and cultural systems, including both Western and non-Western ones, and enriches the mainstream of psychological sciences and practices. It appeals to students, educators, researchers, and clinicians in multiple related fields and disciplines. Enlace de acceso : https://link-springer-com.biblioproxy.umanizales.edu.co/referencework/10.1007/97 [...] Processes of Believing: The Acquisition, Maintenance, and Change in Creditions / Angel, Hans-Ferdinand ; Oviedo, Lluis ; Paloutzian, Raymond F. ; Runehov, Anne L.C ; Seitz, Rüdiger J.
TÃtulo : Processes of Believing: The Acquisition, Maintenance, and Change in Creditions Tipo de documento: documento electrónico Autores: Angel, Hans-Ferdinand, ; Oviedo, Lluis, ; Paloutzian, Raymond F., ; Runehov, Anne L.C, ; Seitz, Rüdiger J., Mención de edición: 1 ed. Editorial: [s.l.] : Springer Fecha de publicación: 2017 Número de páginas: XVII, 476 p. 46 ilustraciones, 16 ilustraciones en color. ISBN/ISSN/DL: 978-3-319-50924-2 Nota general: Libro disponible en la plataforma SpringerLink. Descarga y lectura en formatos PDF, HTML y ePub. Descarga completa o por capítulos. Idioma : Inglés (eng) Palabras clave: FilosofÃa de la mente Cultura PsicologÃa cognitiva AntropologÃa NeurologÃa SociologÃa de la cultura Clasificación: 128.2 Resumen: Este volumen responde a la pregunta: ¿Por qué creemos lo que creemos? Examina la investigación actual sobre el concepto de creencias y el desarrollo de nuestra comprensión del proceso de creer. Tiene en cuenta los hallazgos empÃricos en el campo de la neurociencia sobre los procesos que subyacen a las creencias y analiza la noción de que más allá del análisis exploratorio interactivo de la información sensorial del complejo mundo exterior, los humanos se involucran en un análisis evaluativo mediante el cual atribuyen significado personal y relevancia para las representaciones probabilÃsticas de objetos y eventos. Las creencias ejercen una fuerte influencia en el comportamiento, la toma de decisiones y la identificación y resolución de problemas. A pesar de su importancia, hasta hace poco las creencias no habÃan estado en el centro del interés cientÃfico. De hecho, la "creencia" es un fenómeno mal definido. Desde una perspectiva transdisciplinaria, los enfoques actuales para comprender las creencias parecen incompatibles, ya que intentan resaltar temas tan diferentes como "creencia-religión", "creencia-espiritualidad", "creencia-fe", "creencia-conocimiento", "creencia-actitud". , "creencia – incredulidad", "creencia - ilusión" y "creencia - función cerebral". Esta situación contradice la idea de que la creencia está cerca de los fenómenos patológicos y que deberÃa ser eliminada de las discusiones cientÃficas. Más bien, creer es fundamental para comprender los numerosos problemas de la vida cotidiana. De hecho, el libro muestra que las creencias son relevantes para la polÃtica, los asuntos internacionales, la economÃa, el derecho o las religiones también en las sociedades modernas. Este libro presenta el creciente interés cientÃfico por las creencias y las creencias, y refleja el cambio de enfoque desde el aspecto del contenido de las creencias hacia la naturaleza fluida de las creencias. Nota de contenido: Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. What we do not know about Believing – Approaching a new Scientific hot Spot (Hans-Ferdinand Angel) -- Chapter 2. Credition: From the Question of Belief to the Question of Believing (Hans-Ferdinand Angel) -- Part II. Psychology and Neuroscience -- Chapter 3. Believing, Remembering, and Imagining: The Roots and Fruits of Meanings made and Remade (Raymond F. Paloutzian) -- Chapter 4. Connections Between Scripts Embedding Motor Schemes and Decision-Making (Gennaro Auletta) -- Chapter 5. Beliefs and Believing as Possible Targets for Neuroscientific Research (Rüdiger J. Seitz) -- Chapter 6. Neurobiological Factors Underlying Attachment and Trust in the Believing Process (Corina Aguilar-Raab) -- Chapter 7. New Concepts on the Motor System: Implications for Emotions and Credition (Giovanni Buccino) -- Chapter 8. Neural Underpinnings of the Human Belief System (Irene Cristofori) -- Chapter 9. Believing in the Effectiveness of Treatment: From Placebo to Credition andBack (Karin Meißner) -- Chapter 10. The Power to Live with Disasters: Adaptive Believing Processes of the Self and the World (Motoaki Sugiura) -- Chapter 11. Belief and Belief Formation: Insights from Delusions (Michael H. Connors) -- Chapter 12. Functional and Dysfunctional Religious/Spiritual Beliefs in Psychotic Disorders (Human-Friedrich Unterrainer) -- Part III. Philosophy -- Chapter 13. The Theory of Credition and Philosophical Accounts of Belief: Looking for Common Ground (Aku Visala) -- Chapter 14. Credition and Justification (Anne L.C. Runehov) -- Chapter 15. Hume on the Origins of Religious Belief (Anders Kraal) -- Chapter 16. The Structure of Credition in Whitehead's Metaphysics of Experience (Helmut Maaßen) -- Chapter 17. Brain and Self – A Neurophilosophical Account (Georg Northoff) -- Chapter 18. Creditions and Self-Identity: Embodiment Between Actions and (Life) Decisions (Ivan Colagè) -- Chapter 19. A Process Pragmatist Heuristics of Believing (Michel Weber) -- Part IV. Theology, Religious Studies, and Anthropology -- Chapter 20. Cognition, Emotion, and the Ethics of Authenticity (Oliver Davies) -- Chapter 21. Recent Scientific Explanations of Religious Beliefs: A Systematic Account (Lluis Oviedo) -- Chapter 22. Soul and Body According to "De Fide Orthodoxa" of St. John Damascene (Dorin Oancea) -- Chapter 23. Music as a Medium of Personal Motion and Belief: Some Phenomenological Reflections (Peter Ebenbauer) -- Part V. Social Sciences -- Chapter 24. Reconciliation After a Protracted Violent Conflict: Do Believing Processes Play a Role, and Which One? a Research Agenda (Joseph Marko) -- Chapter 25. Understanding Young People's Worldview: A Practical Example of how to Work with the Model of Credition (Vasiliki Mitropoulou) -- Chapter 26. Approaching Another Black Box: Credition in Economics (Richard Sturn) -- Chapter 27. Credition in Business - Innovations with Crowdbusiness (Reinhard Willfort) -- Part VI. Natural and Computer Sciences -- Chapter 28. Creditions and Modern Computer Science (Horst Bischof) -- Chapter 29. Public and Personal Causations of Creditions (Javier Leach) -- Chapter 30. Wave-Particle Duality and Quantity-Quality Complementarity in Natural and Human Sciences: Implications for Credition Research (Sungchul Ji) -- Chapter 31. Interoception and Gut Feelings: Unconscious Body Signals' Impact on Brain Function, Behavior, and Belief Processes (Peter Holzer) -- Chapter 32. Decision-Making and Credition Under a Microbial Perspective (Gabriele Berg) -- Part VII. Conclusion -- Chapter 33. Structuring Credition (Hans-Ferdinand Angel). . Tipo de medio : Computadora Summary : This volume answers the question: Why do we believe what we believe? It examines current research on the concept of beliefs, and the development in our understanding of the process of believing. It takes into account empirical findings in the field of neuroscience regarding the processes that underlie beliefs, and discusses the notion that beyond the interactive exploratory analysis of sensory information from the complex outside world, humans engage in an evaluative analysis by which they attribute personal meaning and relevance to the probabilistic representations of objects and events. Beliefs exert a strong influence on behaviour, decision-making, and identifying and solving problems. Despite their importance, beliefs have until recently not been at the centre of scientific interest. In fact, "belief" is an ill-defined phenomenon. From a transdisciplinary perspective the actual approaches to understanding belief seem incompatible as they attempt to highlight such different topics as "belief – religion", "belief – spirituality", "belief – faith", "belief – knowledge", "belief – attitude", "belief – disbelief", "belief – illusion", and "believing – brain function". This situation contradicts the idea that belief is close to pathological phenomena and that it should be eliminated from scientific discussions. Rather, believing is fundamental for understanding the many problems of every-day life. In fact, the book shows that beliefs are relevant for politics, international affairs, economy, law, or religions also in modern societies. This book presents the increasing scientific interest in beliefs and believing, and reflects the change in focus from the content aspect of belief towards the fluid nature of believing. Enlace de acceso : https://link-springer-com.biblioproxy.umanizales.edu.co/referencework/10.1007/97 [...] Processes of Believing: The Acquisition, Maintenance, and Change in Creditions [documento electrónico] / Angel, Hans-Ferdinand, ; Oviedo, Lluis, ; Paloutzian, Raymond F., ; Runehov, Anne L.C, ; Seitz, Rüdiger J., . - 1 ed. . - [s.l.] : Springer, 2017 . - XVII, 476 p. 46 ilustraciones, 16 ilustraciones en color.
ISBN : 978-3-319-50924-2
Libro disponible en la plataforma SpringerLink. Descarga y lectura en formatos PDF, HTML y ePub. Descarga completa o por capítulos.
Idioma : Inglés (eng)
Palabras clave: FilosofÃa de la mente Cultura PsicologÃa cognitiva AntropologÃa NeurologÃa SociologÃa de la cultura Clasificación: 128.2 Resumen: Este volumen responde a la pregunta: ¿Por qué creemos lo que creemos? Examina la investigación actual sobre el concepto de creencias y el desarrollo de nuestra comprensión del proceso de creer. Tiene en cuenta los hallazgos empÃricos en el campo de la neurociencia sobre los procesos que subyacen a las creencias y analiza la noción de que más allá del análisis exploratorio interactivo de la información sensorial del complejo mundo exterior, los humanos se involucran en un análisis evaluativo mediante el cual atribuyen significado personal y relevancia para las representaciones probabilÃsticas de objetos y eventos. Las creencias ejercen una fuerte influencia en el comportamiento, la toma de decisiones y la identificación y resolución de problemas. A pesar de su importancia, hasta hace poco las creencias no habÃan estado en el centro del interés cientÃfico. De hecho, la "creencia" es un fenómeno mal definido. Desde una perspectiva transdisciplinaria, los enfoques actuales para comprender las creencias parecen incompatibles, ya que intentan resaltar temas tan diferentes como "creencia-religión", "creencia-espiritualidad", "creencia-fe", "creencia-conocimiento", "creencia-actitud". , "creencia – incredulidad", "creencia - ilusión" y "creencia - función cerebral". Esta situación contradice la idea de que la creencia está cerca de los fenómenos patológicos y que deberÃa ser eliminada de las discusiones cientÃficas. Más bien, creer es fundamental para comprender los numerosos problemas de la vida cotidiana. De hecho, el libro muestra que las creencias son relevantes para la polÃtica, los asuntos internacionales, la economÃa, el derecho o las religiones también en las sociedades modernas. Este libro presenta el creciente interés cientÃfico por las creencias y las creencias, y refleja el cambio de enfoque desde el aspecto del contenido de las creencias hacia la naturaleza fluida de las creencias. Nota de contenido: Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. What we do not know about Believing – Approaching a new Scientific hot Spot (Hans-Ferdinand Angel) -- Chapter 2. Credition: From the Question of Belief to the Question of Believing (Hans-Ferdinand Angel) -- Part II. Psychology and Neuroscience -- Chapter 3. Believing, Remembering, and Imagining: The Roots and Fruits of Meanings made and Remade (Raymond F. Paloutzian) -- Chapter 4. Connections Between Scripts Embedding Motor Schemes and Decision-Making (Gennaro Auletta) -- Chapter 5. Beliefs and Believing as Possible Targets for Neuroscientific Research (Rüdiger J. Seitz) -- Chapter 6. Neurobiological Factors Underlying Attachment and Trust in the Believing Process (Corina Aguilar-Raab) -- Chapter 7. New Concepts on the Motor System: Implications for Emotions and Credition (Giovanni Buccino) -- Chapter 8. Neural Underpinnings of the Human Belief System (Irene Cristofori) -- Chapter 9. Believing in the Effectiveness of Treatment: From Placebo to Credition andBack (Karin Meißner) -- Chapter 10. The Power to Live with Disasters: Adaptive Believing Processes of the Self and the World (Motoaki Sugiura) -- Chapter 11. Belief and Belief Formation: Insights from Delusions (Michael H. Connors) -- Chapter 12. Functional and Dysfunctional Religious/Spiritual Beliefs in Psychotic Disorders (Human-Friedrich Unterrainer) -- Part III. Philosophy -- Chapter 13. The Theory of Credition and Philosophical Accounts of Belief: Looking for Common Ground (Aku Visala) -- Chapter 14. Credition and Justification (Anne L.C. Runehov) -- Chapter 15. Hume on the Origins of Religious Belief (Anders Kraal) -- Chapter 16. The Structure of Credition in Whitehead's Metaphysics of Experience (Helmut Maaßen) -- Chapter 17. Brain and Self – A Neurophilosophical Account (Georg Northoff) -- Chapter 18. Creditions and Self-Identity: Embodiment Between Actions and (Life) Decisions (Ivan Colagè) -- Chapter 19. A Process Pragmatist Heuristics of Believing (Michel Weber) -- Part IV. Theology, Religious Studies, and Anthropology -- Chapter 20. Cognition, Emotion, and the Ethics of Authenticity (Oliver Davies) -- Chapter 21. Recent Scientific Explanations of Religious Beliefs: A Systematic Account (Lluis Oviedo) -- Chapter 22. Soul and Body According to "De Fide Orthodoxa" of St. John Damascene (Dorin Oancea) -- Chapter 23. Music as a Medium of Personal Motion and Belief: Some Phenomenological Reflections (Peter Ebenbauer) -- Part V. Social Sciences -- Chapter 24. Reconciliation After a Protracted Violent Conflict: Do Believing Processes Play a Role, and Which One? a Research Agenda (Joseph Marko) -- Chapter 25. Understanding Young People's Worldview: A Practical Example of how to Work with the Model of Credition (Vasiliki Mitropoulou) -- Chapter 26. Approaching Another Black Box: Credition in Economics (Richard Sturn) -- Chapter 27. Credition in Business - Innovations with Crowdbusiness (Reinhard Willfort) -- Part VI. Natural and Computer Sciences -- Chapter 28. Creditions and Modern Computer Science (Horst Bischof) -- Chapter 29. Public and Personal Causations of Creditions (Javier Leach) -- Chapter 30. Wave-Particle Duality and Quantity-Quality Complementarity in Natural and Human Sciences: Implications for Credition Research (Sungchul Ji) -- Chapter 31. Interoception and Gut Feelings: Unconscious Body Signals' Impact on Brain Function, Behavior, and Belief Processes (Peter Holzer) -- Chapter 32. Decision-Making and Credition Under a Microbial Perspective (Gabriele Berg) -- Part VII. Conclusion -- Chapter 33. Structuring Credition (Hans-Ferdinand Angel). . Tipo de medio : Computadora Summary : This volume answers the question: Why do we believe what we believe? It examines current research on the concept of beliefs, and the development in our understanding of the process of believing. It takes into account empirical findings in the field of neuroscience regarding the processes that underlie beliefs, and discusses the notion that beyond the interactive exploratory analysis of sensory information from the complex outside world, humans engage in an evaluative analysis by which they attribute personal meaning and relevance to the probabilistic representations of objects and events. Beliefs exert a strong influence on behaviour, decision-making, and identifying and solving problems. Despite their importance, beliefs have until recently not been at the centre of scientific interest. In fact, "belief" is an ill-defined phenomenon. From a transdisciplinary perspective the actual approaches to understanding belief seem incompatible as they attempt to highlight such different topics as "belief – religion", "belief – spirituality", "belief – faith", "belief – knowledge", "belief – attitude", "belief – disbelief", "belief – illusion", and "believing – brain function". This situation contradicts the idea that belief is close to pathological phenomena and that it should be eliminated from scientific discussions. Rather, believing is fundamental for understanding the many problems of every-day life. In fact, the book shows that beliefs are relevant for politics, international affairs, economy, law, or religions also in modern societies. This book presents the increasing scientific interest in beliefs and believing, and reflects the change in focus from the content aspect of belief towards the fluid nature of believing. Enlace de acceso : https://link-springer-com.biblioproxy.umanizales.edu.co/referencework/10.1007/97 [...]