Religion in the Introductory Psychology Textbook: A Comparison of Three Decades

Secular Privilege: Deconstructing the Invisible Rose‐Tinted Sunglasses

“…Bias similar to that discussed in fictional television programming have been documented in broadcast news (Kerr, 2003), news media (Bolce & De Maio, 2008;Kabir, 2006), comic strips (Lindsey & Heeren, 1992), films (Powers, Rothman, & Rothman, 1996), popular periodicals (Perkins, 1984;Woodward, 2005), corporate advertising (Maquire, Sandage & Weatherby, 1999;Maquire & Weatherby, 1998), the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Third Edition, Revised (Larson, Milano & Lu, 1998), moral development theory (Richards & Davison, 1992), social science research (Larson, Sherrill, & Lyons, 1994;, and grade school (Vitz, 1986), high school (Bellitto, 1996;Boyer, 1996;Hillocks, 1978;Oppewal, 1985;Sewall, 1995;Vitz, 1998), and university content, including the professional literatures in the fields of gerontology (Sherrill, Larson, & Greenwold, 1993), psychology (Bergin, 1980;Lehr & Spilka, 1989;Redding, 2001;Weaver, Kline, et al, 1998), psychiatry , medicine (Potter, 1993), family therapy (Glenn, 1997;Kelly, 1992), and social work (Cnaan, Wineburg, & Boddie, 1999;Hodge, 2002a;Hodge, Baughman & Cummings, 2006;Tompkins, Larkin & Rosen, 2006;Tully & Greene, 1995). Bias in professional decision making has been documented among psychologists (Gartner, 1986;Gartner, Harmatz, Hohmann, Larson, & Gartner, 1990;…”

Developing Spiritual Competence in Practice

“…or what some have collectively referred to as the knowledge class or sector (Berger, 1986;Gouldner, 1979;McAdams, 1987). Studies suggest that one is much more likely to see a secular individual, rather than a traditional Christian, for example, framed positively in network news (Kerr, 2003), fictional television programming (Skill & Robinson, 1994), comic strips (Lindsey & Heeren, 1992), popular periodicals (Perkins, 1984), and textbooks in grade-school (Vitz, 1985), high-school (Bellitto, 1996;Hillocks, 1978;Sewall, 1995), and college (Glenn, 1997;Lehr & Spilka, 1989).…”

Issues of Divine Healing in Psychotherapy:

“…In concert with various constituencies in the practice arena, they play a pivotal role in the fashioning, shaping, and monitoring the public discourse within their discipline and profession. Because of the meager representation of Evangelicals and other religious persons on faculties throughout the country, content analysis has revealed pejorative depictions of Christians and their beliefs in college-level marriage (Glenn, 1997), psychology (Lehr & Spilka, 1989), and social work courses (Hodge, Baughman, & Cummings, 2002). Analysis of the DSM III-R has disclosed that Christianity is unduly associated with psychopathology .…”