Psychology, religion, and critical hermeneutics: comments on Reber, Slife and Whoolery, Nelson, and Richardson. From: Journal of Psychology and Theology | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: Cooper, Terry D.; Browning, Don S. | COPYRIGHT 2006 Rosemead School of Psychology. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The articles in this issue have provided an important analysis of how psychology, so often stuck in Enlightenment foundationalism, needs to "catch up" with changes in the philosophy of science. These changes reveal that the older Enlightenment goal of emptying oneself of all preconceptions in order to perform "objective, neutral, and detached" investigation is no longer realistic. While some individuals in the harder sciences recognize this impossibility, it seems to be a lingering...