VI INTERNATIONAL JUBILEE CONFERENCE
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF
THE POLISH SOCIETY FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY
(PSPRS)
„Psychology of religion and spirituality in the face of dynamic personal and social changes”
Gdańsk, 21-22 September 2023
You are cordially invited to attend the 6th International Conference of the Polish Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, held from 21 to 22 September 2023 at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Gdańsk. The main topic of the conference is “Psychology of religion and spirituality in the face of dynamic personal and social changes.” It will be a special meeting on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the formal establishment of the Society.
Next year we are celebrating the round-tenth anniversary of the founding of the Polish Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. A decade of activity is a great opportunity to meet and celebrate the jubilee during our Conference.
Among the keynote speakers are the well-known researchers: prof. Halina Grzymała-Moszczyńska (Ignatianum University in Cracow), prof. Michael E. Nielsen (Georgia Southern University) and prof. Tatjana Schnell (Universität Innsbruck).
Keynote speakers
Halina Grzymała-Moszczyńska
Her field of interest concerns psychology in culture and the psychology of religion. Her research is related to issues of migrant acculturation and the role of religion in the process of cultural adaptation of refugees in Poland. She also researches issues related to religious experience, new religious movements, and the clinical psychology of religion.
The Jesuit University Ignatianum
ul. Kopernika 26,
31-501 Kraków,
Poland
E-mail: uzgrzyma@gmail.com
Anczyk, A., Grzymała-Moszczyńska, H. (2022). Religion on a Placard: A Study on Advertising New Religious Movements in Contemporary Poland. W: M. Hubina, F. S. M. Chan (Red.). Communicating the Sacred. Varieties of Religious Marketing (ss. 11-34).
Anczyk, A., Grzymała-Moszczyńska, H. (2021). The Psychology of Migration Facing Cultural and Religious Diversity. Leiden: Brill Research Perspectives.
Anczyk, A., Grzymała-Moszczyńska, H., Krzysztof-Świderska, A., Prusak, J. (2019). The Replication Crisis and Qualitative Research in the Psychology of Religion. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. DOI: 10.1080/10508619.2019.1687197
A. Anczyk, H. Grzymała-Moszczyńska, A. Krzysztof-Świderska, K. Skrzypińska (Eds.) (2018). Religion, Spirituality, Mental Health: Current Approaches in the Psychology of Religion. Gdańsk-Katowice: Sacrum.
A. Anczyk, J. Grzymała-Moszczyńska, A. Krzysztof-Świderska (red.) (2018). Psychologia kultury-kultura psychologii. Katowice: Wydawnictwo Sacrum.
Grzymała-Moszczyńska, H. (2004). Religia a kultura: wybrane zagadnienia z kulturowej psychologii religii. Kraków: Wydaw. Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Skrzypińska K., Ladd, K. (2018). Religion as a Quest – comparison between Americans and Poles. W: Anczyk Adam, Grzymała-Moszczyńska Halina, Krzysztof-Świderska Agnieszka (red.). Psychologia kultury, kultura psychologii: księga jubileuszowa profesor Haliny Grzymała-Moszczyńskiej (s.215-226). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Sacrum.
Socha, P. (2018). Spiskowa historia Zakładu Psychologii Religii w Instytucie Religioznawstwa UJ. Wspomnienie subiektywne i nienaukowe. (w:) Adam Anczyk (red.), Psychologia religii, kultura psychologii. Księga Jubileuszowa Profesor Haliny Grzymała-Moszczyńskiej. s. 20-30. Katowice: Wydawnictwo Sacrum.
Michael E. Nielsen
Department of Psychology
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460-8041
Internet: mnielsen@georgiasouthern.edu
Voice: (912) 536-3003
EDUCATION
Ph.D., December 1992, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
M.A., May 1990, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
B.A., June 1986, Southern Utah State College, Cedar City, Utah
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Georgia Southern University
Chair, Dept. of Psychology, Georgia Southern University, 2011-2020
President, Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Division 36, American Psychological Association, 2015-16
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Cragun, R. T., Hammer, J. H., Nielsen, M., & Autz, N. (2018). Religious/secular distance: How far apart are teenagers and their parents? Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 10(3), 288-295. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000205.
Hatton, A. T., & Nielsen, M. E. (2016). “War on Terror” in our Backyard: Effects of framing and violent propaganda on anti-Muslim prejudice. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. Doi: 10.1080/19434472.2015.1126341. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19434472.2015.1126341
Nielsen, M. E., & Silver, C. F. (2015). Strategies and Resources for Teaching Psychology of Religion. In. D. Dunn (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Undergraduate Psychology Education, pp. 577-587. New York: Oxford.
Nielsen, M. E., & Cragun, R. T. (2010). Religious orientation, religious affiliation, and boundary maintenance: The case of polygamy. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 13, 761-770.
Nielsen, M. E., Williams, J., & Randolph-Seng, B. (2009). Religious orientation and attitudes about stem cell research. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 19 (2), 81-91.
Nielsen, M. E., & White, D. (2008). Men’s grooming in the LDS Church: A qualitative study of norm violation. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 11, 807-825.
Randolph-Seng., B., & Nielsen, M. E. (2007). Honesty: One effect of primed religious representations. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 17(4), 303-316.
Tatjana Schnell
Existential Psychology Lab
University of Innsbruck
4W13 (4th floor), Universitätsstr. 5-7
E-mail: tatjana.schnell@uibk.ac.at
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University Professor, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Oslo, Norway
Associate Professor University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck Office,
Reports from International Meaning Research
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Schnell, T. (2022). Suffering as meaningful choice. An existential approach. In A. Austad & L. J. Danbolt (Eds.), Ta vare. En bok om diakoni, sjelesorg og eksistensiell helse (p. 3-14). VID.
Schnell, T. & Krampe, H. (2022). Meaningfulness protects from and crisis of meaning exacerbates general mental distress longitudinally. BMC Psychiatry, 22, Article No. 285.
Tommasi, F., Sartori R., Ceschi, A., & Schnell, T. (2021). The Meaning in Work Inventory: validation of the Italian version and its association with sociodemographic variables. BPA-Applied Psychology Bulletin (Bollettino di Psicologia Applicata), 69(291), 17-36.
Schnell, T. (2021). The psychology of meaning in life. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis.
Schnell, T. & Hoffmann, C. (2020). ME-Work: development and validation of a modular meaning in work inventory. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:599913. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.599913
Schnell, T. (2020). Spirituality. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.
La Cour, P., & Schnell, T. (2020). Presentation of the Sources of Meaning Card Method: the SoMeCaM. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 60(1), 20-42.
La Cour, P. & Schnell, T. (2019). Sources of Meaning – Card Method. Innsbruck: Studia.
Viviani, R., Dommes, L., Bosch, J. E., Beschoner, P., Stingl, J. C., & Schnell, T. (2019). Choosing between personal values: the Pavlovian substrates of intrinsic preferences. bioRxiv, 856294.
Vötter, B & Schnell T (2019). Bringing giftedness to bear: generativity, meaningfulness, and self-control as resources for a happy life among gifted adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 1972. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01972
Sørensen, T., Stifoss-Hansen, H., Lien, L., Pedersen, H. F., la Cour, P., DeMarinis, V., Danbolt, L. J., & Schnell, T. (2019). The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe) in the Norwegian context: Relations to mental health, quality of life and self-efficacy. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 29(1), 32-45.
Vötter, B., & Schnell T. (2019). Cross-lagged analyses between life meaning, self-compassion, and subjective well-being among gifted adults. Mindfulness, 10(7), 1294-1303.