Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences

1998-04-29
Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences

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  • Author: William Braud
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications
  • ISBN: 1506322131
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 358

There is no shortage of research methods that are easily applied to the study of everyday human experience. How, though, does one attempt to study extraordinary human experiences ultimate values and meanings, peak experiences, transcendence, and heightened awareness, among others? Authors William Braud and Rosemarie Anderson introduce a series of transpersonal research methods that are intended to help researchers develop new ways of knowing and methods of inquiry. While these methods will be of particular interest to researchers in transpersonal psychology, humanistic psychology, or transpersonal studies applied to traditional fields, the authors argue that these approaches with their emphasis on developing intuition, empathy, self-awareness can benefit anyone involved in the research enterprise. With its solid grounding in transpersonal studies and extensive coverage of qualitative approaches without ignoring quantitative approaches, Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences will be an invaluable addition to the libraries of researchers across many disciplines, as well as a supplement in research methods courses.

Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences

1998-04-29
Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences

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  • Author: William Braud
  • Publisher: SAGE
  • ISBN: 9780761910138
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 360

The authors explain and discuss a series of transpersonal research methods designed to help researchers develop new ways of investigating extraordinary human experiences of a subjective nature.

Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences

1998-04-29
Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences

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  • Author: William Braud
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications
  • ISBN: 1452251037
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 358

There is no shortage of research methods that are easily applied to the study of everyday human experience. How, though, does one attempt to study extraordinary human experiences - ultimate values and meanings, peak experiences, transcendence and heightened awareness, among others. William Braud and Rosemarie Anderson introduce a series of transpersonal research methods that are intended to help researchers develop new ways of knowing and methods of inquiry. While these methods will be of particular interest to researchers in transpersonal psychology, humanistic psychology, or transpersonal studies applied to traditional fields, the authors argue that these approaches - with their emphasis on developing intuition, empathy and self-awareness – can benefit anyone involved in the research enterprise across many disciplines.

Transpersonal Knowing

2000-07-20
Transpersonal Knowing

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  • Author: PH D Tobin Hart, PH.D.
  • Publisher: SUNY Press
  • ISBN: 9780791446157
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 356

The freshest and most respected thinkers in transpersonal psychology explore the myriad pathways to knowledge.

Transforming Self and Others through Research

2011-09-01
Transforming Self and Others through Research

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  • Author: Rosemarie Anderson
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • ISBN: 1438436734
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 387

Research approaches in the field of transpersonal psychology can be transformative for researchers, participants, and the audience of a project. This book offers these transformative approaches to those conducting research across the human sciences and the humanities. Rosemarie Anderson and William Braud first described such methods in Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences (1998). Since that time, in hundreds of empirical studies, these methods have been tested and integrated with qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method research designs. Anderson and Braud, writing with a contribution from Jennifer Clements, invite scholars to bring multiple ways of knowing and personal resources to their scholarship. While emphasizing established research conventions for rigor, Anderson and Braud encourage researchers to plumb the depths of intuition, imagination, play, mindfulness, compassion, creativity, and embodied writing as research skills. Experiential exercises to help readers develop these skills are provided.

The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Spirituality and Contemplative Studies

2024-09-03
The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Spirituality and Contemplative Studies

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  • Author: Bernadette Flanagan
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 104011346X
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 420

The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Spirituality and Contemplative Studies provides the first authoritative overview of methodology in this growing field. Against the background of the pandemic and other global challenges, spirituality is expanding as an agreed term with which to discuss the efforts people make to be fully present to deeper, invisible dimensions of their personal identity and external reality, but until now there have been few resources exploring the different methodological approaches researchers take. This book explores the primary methodologies emerging: First Person, Second Person, and Third Person, and provides a systematisation of spirituality research in applied contexts for the first time. Comprising 33 chapters by a team of international contributors, the book is divided into seven parts: Foundations Approaches to Contemplative Research Contemplative Research in Education Contemplative Research in Work and Leadership Contemplative Research in Science, Health, and Healing Contemplative Research in Social Sciences Contemplative Research and the Way Forward The Handbook provides readers, practitioners, and policymakers with methods and approaches which can facilitate a spiritual and contemplative stance in research activities. It is an essential resource for researchers and students of Religion, Spirituality, and Research Methods.

Heuristic Inquiry

2018-04-27
Heuristic Inquiry

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  • Author: Nevine Sultan
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications
  • ISBN: 1506355471
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 322

Focused on exploring human experience from an authentic researcher perspective, Heuristic Inquiry: Researching Human Experience Holistically presents heuristic inquiry as a unique phenomenological, experiential, and relational approach to qualitative research that is also rigorous and evidence-based. Nevine Sultan describes a distinguishing perspective of this research that treats participants not as subjects of research but rather as co-researchers in an exploratory process marked by genuineness and intersubjectivity. Through the use of real-life examples illustrating the various processes of heuristic research, the book offers an understanding of heuristic inquiry that is straightforward and informal yet honors its creative, intuitive, and poly-dimensional nature.

Introduction to Transpersonal Psychology

2021-12-28
Introduction to Transpersonal Psychology

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  • Author: Paul F. Cunningham, Ph.D.
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000530051
  • Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 461

Introduction to Transpersonal Psychology: Bridging Spirit and Science provides an accessible and engaging introduction to this complex and evolving field. Adopting a modular approach, the book systematically relates key themes of Transpersonal Psychology to three major areas within psychology: general psychology, experimental psychology, and clinical psychology. Covering a wide range of topics including transpersonal states of consciousness, biological foundations, research methods, and cognition, the book also features extensive discussion of transpersonal theorists and the impact of their work on our understanding of psychological concepts. The book also introduces contemporary developments in the field and anticipates future advances such as feminist perspectives and cross-cultural approaches alongside practical experiments designed to give transpersonal theories and concepts psychological roots. A critical evaluation of both mainstream and transpersonal theories and research is applied throughout to foster analytical skills and encourage critical and scientific thinking about humanity’s nature as spiritual creatures and ways to educate for personal and social transformation. Accompanied by an online instructor’s manual, this book will be an essential companion for all students of Transpersonal or Humanistic Psychology, or those interested in applying transpersonal ideas to mainstream psychological research.

The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology

2014-02-14
The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology

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  • Author: Kirk J. Schneider
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications
  • ISBN: 1483322823
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 832

The Second Edition of the cutting edge work, The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology, by Kirk J. Schneider, J. Fraser Pierson and James F. T. Bugental, represents the very latest scholarship in the field of humanistic psychology and psychotherapy. Set against trends inclined toward psychological standardization and medicalization, the handbook offers a rich tapestry of reflection by the leading person-centered scholars of our time. Their range in topics is far-reaching—from the historical, theoretical and methodological, to the spiritual, psychotherapeutic and multicultural. The new edition of this widely adopted and highly praised work has been thoroughly updated in accordance with the most current knowledge, and includes thirteen new chapters and sections, as well as contributions from twenty-three additional authors to extend the humanistic legacy to the emerging generation of students, scholars, and practitioners.

Metamorphosis through Conscious Living

2017-08-21
Metamorphosis through Conscious Living

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  • Author: Ingo B. Jahrsetz
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • ISBN: 1527500888
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 357

Metamorphosis, the theme of this book, derives from the Ancient Greek language and refers to a transformative process that often includes disintegration and reintegration, on the route to conscious living with self, community and the world. This collection proposes that engagement with the sacred is what makes research and practice transpersonal, the sacred ‘other’ that lives both within and beyond us as individuals and unique cultures. The transpersonal approach is distinctive in that it regards the potential metamorphosis of all those involved in research and professional practice a core value. This volume engages the audience in professional, practical, as well as inquiry-related topics that reflect the diverse nature of the transpersonal studies field, and extend an experience of metamorphosis to the reader. The book moves scholarship forward in an innovative and creative way with relevant themes that not only honour the sacred, but lend a transpersonal paradigm to scientific and professional methods and models.