Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

v. 1. Personal spirituality -- Introduction to healing spirituality and religion / J. Harold Ellens -- One pastor's journey toward a constructive and healing ministry / F. Morgan Roberts -- Intentional spirituality / Philip Brownell -- Relational spirituality and forgiveness / Everett L. Worthington, Jr. ... [et al.] -- Out of the depths : engaging with distress through praying the lament Psalms / David J. Cohen -- Mantram, or holy name repetition : healing power of a portable spiritual practice / Jill E. Bormann and Doug Oman -- The vicissitudes of spirituality / Raymond J. Lawrence -- Indigenous spirituality and psychological healing / Stanley Krippner, Harris L. Friedman, and Chad V. Johnson -- The healing power of spiritual models / Doug Oman and Carl E. Thoresen -- Luke 4:18 : To heal the brokenhearted / Peter Rodgers -- Jesus as martyr / Jan Willem van Henten -- Spiritual narratives : hope and healing through stories of faith / Suzanne M. Coyle -- Contagious spirituality : four stories and a sonnet / Lynne Alcott Kogel -- Meditation as empowerment for healing / Tim Flinders, Doug Oman, and Carol L. Flinders -- Traits, factors, and faith : a review of the relationship between personality traits and religiosity / Kevin J. Eames --

v. 2. Religion -- Healing potential of religious community / Philip Brownell -- The healing power of The book of common prayer / Schuyler Brown -- Spiritual healing and the ritual healing theory : qualitative foundations / James McClenon -- Spiritual transformation, radical empathy, and embodied emotion in healing ritual / Joan D. Koss-Chioino -- Healing power and shalom / Anne C. Kwantes -- Exploring the role of healing religions in the psychodynamics of suffering / Myrna M. Pugh -- The healing power of Judaism / Ilona N. Rashkow -- Loving our enemies : the core of Jesus' vision in the Sayings gospel Q / Robert Perry -- The problem with sin : why redefining sin opens the path to spiritual healing / Donald E. Sloat and Bruce Mast -- The Puritan's Prozac : soul care within a deterministic theological framework / Kevin J. Eames -- Culture, religion, and spirituality : how spirituality saved religion / Louis Hoffman ... [et al.] -- Religion as a wellspring of healing and liberation : toward a liberation psychology of religion / Daniel J. Gaztambide -- How Christian spirituality spurs mental health / Nicolene Joubert -- The healing challenge in recovery groups today / Dick B. -- Healthy religiosity that generates illness / Zenon Lotufo, Jrs. and Francisco Lotufo-Neto --

v. 3. Psychodynamics -- God, the Bible, and human wholeness in the life and thought of C.G. Jung / Wayne G. Rollins -- The psychodynamics of religions that heal / Myrna M. Pugh -- Spirituality : method and meanings / Zvi Lothane -- Adolescence, religion, and health : a developmental model / Candace S. Alcorta -- Thaumaturgical psychology : the healing constitution of human being / Kamila Blessing -- Spirituality in the praxis of gestalt therapy / Philip Brownell -- Healing potential of spiritual experiences : observations from modern consciousness research / Stanislav Grof -- The dynamics of religious experience and psychological health : an existential-psychodynamic perspective / Louis Hoffman, Glendon L. Moriarty, and Natalie Williamson -- Mysticism, madness, and mental health / Ralph W. Hood, Jr. and Greg N. Byrom -- Religious influences on psychotherapy in Brazil / Francisco Lotufo-Neto -- Neurotheology : the interface of neuropsychology and theology / Ron Johnson -- A biblical view of health, sickness, and healing : overcoming the traditional Greek view of medicine / Kalman J. Kaplan, Matthew B. Schwartz, and Elizabeth Recht Jones -- Entheogenic contributions to self-transcendence, healing, pastoral counseling, and evangelism / Thomas B. Roberts -- Entheogenic healing : the spiritual effects and therapeutic potential of ceremonial ayahuasca use / Kenneth W. Tupper -- Can we recover religion for those with schizophrenia? / Steven A. Rogers and Erin L. Risher -- The role of the placebo effect, individual psychology, and immune response in regulating the effects of religion on health / Daniel J. Gaztambide -- Internet martyrs and violence : victims and/or perpetrators? / Jan Willem van Henten.