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69 K. HELMUT REICH WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION The Centrality of Relatedness1 SUMMARY Is religious development of women basically different from that of men? That is the central question discussed in this paper. From the theoretical literature and empirical research reports one could get a sense that women are more given to connected knowing and close relationships, also with God, than men. A detailed comparison of Fowler, Oser and Gmünder, and Teresa of Avila yields certain differences, which could possibly support the hypothesized difference, yet more research is needed. A tentative conclusion is as follows: Women may have contributed more to the understanding of connectedness and close relationships with God than men, but men can also live closely connected and God-related lives. Introduction What have women already contributed to clarifying the role of relatedness in religious life, and what still needs doing? In the natural sciences, the traditional way of describing an entity in terms of its ultimate nature - its essence - and its accidental qualities has given way, most clearly in quantum physics, to a description of relationships. In psychology, that movement proceeded from the study of individuals' IQ, traits, religious orientation, self-esteem,
Journal of Empirical Theology – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1996
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