Aims

The Journal of Psychology and Religious Spirituality is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal dedicated to advancing scholarly dialogue at the intersection of psychology and religious spirituality. The journal seeks to provide a distinctive and integrative platform for the development, critique, and dissemination of original research that bridges empirical psychological inquiry with religious and spiritual frameworks.

Recognizing the growing global need for meaning-oriented and spiritually grounded approaches to psychological science, the journal adopts an explicitly interdisciplinary perspective. It aims to foster innovative theoretical models, methodological rigor, and applied insights that contribute not only to academic knowledge but also to addressing contemporary individual and societal challenges.

By facilitating collaboration among scholars from diverse cultural, intellectual, and disciplinary backgrounds, the journal aspires to expand credible research and generate distinctive knowledge in the emerging field of spiritual psychology on an international scale.

The fundamental aims of the journal are to:

• Support the theorization and systematic foundation of spiritual psychology approaches at the international level;
• Elucidate the philosophical underpinnings of spiritual psychology, including its principles, nature, epistemology, and methodological frameworks;
• Promote disciplinary and interdisciplinary research across the humanities, social sciences, and experimental sciences;
• Develop and expand applied models, techniques, and programs of religious spirituality aimed at enhancing psychological well-being and addressing societal problems.

Scope

The Journal of Psychology and Religious Spirituality publishes original research articles, theoretical analyses, and applied studies that explore the dynamic relationship between psychology and religious spirituality. The journal provides a unique scholarly space for critical engagement, methodological innovation, and constructive dialogue in this domain, with particular attention to the following areas:

• Critical evaluation of dominant theories and approaches in contemporary psychology from the perspective of spiritual psychology;
• Methodological frameworks for deriving psychological concepts and issues from religious and spiritual sources;
• The production and advancement of knowledge in the field of spiritual psychology;
• The development and expansion of spiritual psychology, including its foundations, principles, methods, and practical achievements;
• Scholarly discourse and intellectual exchange on spirituality- and religion-based psychological perspectives within an international academic community;
• Psychopathology and mental health through the lens of spiritual psychology;
• Psychological anthropology, personality studies, human development, and spiritually informed healthy lifestyles;
• Psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions grounded in religious and spiritual traditions;
• Studies on the psychology of the Perfect Human, transcendence-oriented psychology, and spiritually informed positive psychology;
• Psycho-spiritual development and education within the framework of spiritual psychology;
• Measurement and assessment of religiosity and spirituality (R/S), including the development, validation, and review of widely used religious-spiritual scales.