The Uneasy Relationship between Psychology, Spirituality, & Religion | Paper Session | MC6 W7b

Room A (Blackcomb) Paper Session: Spirituality and well-being

Megan Vokey, MA
PhD Candidate, University of Manitoba
Understanding the Roots of the Uneasy Relationship between Psychology,
Spirituality, and Religion

For almost a century, psychology has shared an uneasy, even antagonistic co-existence with spirituality and/or religion, despite both claiming to have a major influence on the health and well-being of people (Hill, 2000). Most scholars agree that this long-term conflict is reflective of differences of ontology, epistemology, and ideology (Nelson, 2009). In this paper I will review the history of this relationship to illustrate that the problematic co-existence of psychology and religion is based on philosophical assumptions about reality and knowledge underlying science, which have changed throughout history in relation to the broader ideological context of society (Paloutzian, 1996). I will review how during the last decade, in diverse areas of psychology, such as community psychology (Walsh-Bowers, 2001), humanistic psychology (Rowan, 2007), and counselling psychology (Lines, 2006), there has been a call for (a) a rapprochement between spirituality and psychology and/or science, and (b) for a paradigm shift that would facilitate the re-establishment of relations. 2000). I will review some of the core assumptions of this emerging paradigm that pertain to building a complimentary relationship between psychology and spirituality/religious belief. In conclusion I will discuss what a response to creating a psychologically healthy workplace would look like from this emerging scientific paradigm.

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