Christianity - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Clerics who commit sexual offenses: offender, offense, and victim characteristics.

29 Jun 2009 The aim of this investigation was to undertake an exploratory analysis of clerics who sexually offend and the circumstances related to these offenses. Thirty-three adult male religious leaders who had been charged with a sexual offense against a ... Read more...

Internal consistency of a five-item form of the Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity among adolescent students.

30 Mar 2009 The short form of the Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity (L. J. Francis, 1992) is a 7-item Likert-type scale that shows high homogeneity among adolescents. The psychometric performance of a shorter version of this scale has not been ... Read more...

Innovative service or proselytizing: exploring when services delivery becomes a platform for unwanted religious persuasion.

30 Mar 2009 In this article, the authors explore the question: When does services delivery cross the line and become an opportunity for proselytizing? The authors posit that social workers have a justifiable concern for usurping their professional and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Christianity - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Fighting for Francis. Faith, reason, and the NIH nominee. 30 Jul 2009
• Clerics who commit sexual offenses: offender, offense, and victim characteristics. 29 Jun 2009
• The importance of right thinking. 29 Jun 2009
• Serving others. 29 Jun 2009
• How do I recognize spiritual needs? Part 3. 30 Mar 2009
• The power of physical touch. 30 Mar 2009
• No RSVP required. 30 Mar 2009
• Have you been mobbed? 30 Mar 2009
• Faith community nursing: meeting the needs of seniors. 30 Mar 2009
• Sticks, stones & words can break your bones. 30 Mar 2009
• Student in crisis: how two educators cared. 30 Mar 2009
• From the OR to the classroom. 30 Mar 2009
• Service-learning: deepening students' commitment to serve. 30 Mar 2009
• When I am afraid. 30 Mar 2009
• Internal consistency of a five-item form of the Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity among adolescent students. 30 Mar 2009
• Innovative service or proselytizing: exploring when services delivery becomes a platform for unwanted religious persuasion. 30 Mar 2009
• The relationships among religious affiliation, religious angst, and disordered eating. 27 Feb 2009
• Biblical framings of and responses to spousal violence in the narratives of abused christian women. 5 Jan 2009
• A late-medieval crisis of superstition? 30 Dec 2008
• Level of knowledge regarding tuberculosis and stigma among patients suffering from tuberculosis. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Christianity'

Definition: The religion stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus Christ: the religion that believes in God as the Father Almighty who works redemptively through the Holy Spirit for men's salvation and that affirms Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior who proclaimed to man the gospel of salvation. (From Webster, 3d ed)

Descriptor UI: D002835

Alternative terms: Christianity; Stigmata; Christian Ethics; Christian Ethic; Ethic, Christian; Ethics, Christian;

Allowable Qualifiers: history; psychology;

Tree Number: K01.844.188;

History Note: 1963

Technical Notes: specify geog if pertinent