In the past four decades or so, the so-called psychology of religion – after having been deemed
extinct, impossible or unlikely – has risen to prominence again: the number of publications is
rapidly growing, an impressive secondary literature (handbooks, introductions, etc.) is available
already, infrastructure has been developed (a number of new journals devoted to the subject
have been founded, organizations have been established, increasingly funding is going to the
area), attracting many new researchers. Organizations like the American Psychological
Association are now publishing in the field of psychology of religion (and its Div. 36 [“psych of
rel”] with almost 3,000 members is already midsized among the APA-divisions). This book
documents this re-emergence and development.