Ralph W. Hood
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| Ralph W. Hood, PhD | |
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| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Psychology of Religion |
| Institutions | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
| Alma mater | University of Nevada, Reno (PhD) |
Ralph Wilbur Hood (born 1942) is a professor of psychology at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Biography
He received his BS at University of California, Los Angeles, an MS at California State College at Los Angeles (1966), and a PhD at University of Nevada, Reno (1968).[1]
He has published numerous articles on the psychology of religion and spirituality in professional journals,[1] and is a former editor of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (1995–1999), and has been coeditor of The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion (1992–1995) and Archiv für Religionpsychologie (2005–).[2] He has won numerous awards.[2]
Publications
Books authored or edited by Hood include
- Spilka, Bernard; Ralph W. Hood & Richard L. Gorsuch (1985). The psychology of religion: An empirical approach (1st ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-736398-2.
- Several subsequent editions of this book have been published, including:
- Hood, Ralph W.; Peter C. Hill & Bernard Spilka (2009). The psychology of religion : An empirical approach (4th ed.). New York: Guilford. ISBN 978-1-60623-303-0.
- Several subsequent editions of this book have been published, including:
- Hood, Ralph W.; Peter C. Hill & W. Paul Williamson (2005). The psychology of religious fundamentalism. New York: Guilford Press. ISBN 1-59385-150-2.
His more influential journal articles include:
- Ralph W. Hood (1975). "The construction and preliminary validation of a measure of reported mystical experience". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 14 (1): 29–41.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Faculty page for Ralph Hood (accessed June 17, 2010).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 CV for Ralph Hood (accessed June 17, 2010).
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