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Division 36 of the American Psychological Association, Psychology of Religion, brings together psychologists who recognize the significance of religion both in the lives of people and in the discipline of psychology. The division is nonsectarian. Membership and division activities are open to members of all faiths as well as to those who are not religiously affiliated or do not profess a particular personal faith commitment.
Division 36 seeks a broad dialogue on religion with all the areas of the social sciences.
This area is one of the oldest in psychology; research on religious development and experience was conducted over a century ago, and both William James and G. Stanley Hall were leading psychologists of religion. Division 36 is working to re-establish the scientific psychology of religion to the respected status it once held so firmly in our discipline.
For more information about the Division, including the official brochure, see the Membership page.
APA CONVENTION PROGRAM: Visit the APA Convention page for information about the Division's events in Toronto.
NEWSLETTER UPDATE: The Spring 2009 issue of the newsletter is now available. Also, a searchable archive of most of the past issues of the newsletter has been added to the Newsletter page.
JOIN ONLINE: Thanks to the APA, it is now possible to join most Divisions of the Association electronically. If you would like to join you can do so electronically here. For more information about the Divison, see our Membership page.
DIVISION JOURNAL: The Division's official journal, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, began publication in February. Editor Ralph Piedmont is already accepting manuscripts for submission. Please download the flyer about the launch of the journal or visit http://www.apa.org/journals/rel/ for more information about the journal, or to submit manuscripts electronically.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: The 2009 Congress of the International Association for Psychology of Religion will be held August 23-27, 2009 in Vienna, Austria. For information about the Congress, visit http://www.iapr.at.vu. For more general information about the Association, visit http://www.iapr.de.
DIVISION HISTORY: Mary Reuder's 1999 chapter on the history of the Divison is now available on this website.
UPDATED MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS: Division members are now eligible for discounts on three different journals -- visit the Membership page for more information.
ESPECIALLY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS: Graduate student affiliates of the Division are invited to join an email listserv and an online social network created just for you -- visit http://div36sats.ning.com/ to learn more.
View my page on Division 36 Student Affiliates
SOMMERVOGEL ARCHIVE: As a service to members, Division 36 is now supporting electronic access to the Sommervogel Archive, a psychology of religion research database developed by Michael Donahue that contains over 66,000 entries. The database includes books and book reviews as well as research articles. You can access the archive by clicking here: <www.psywww.com/psyrelig/sommervogel.htm>
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