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The Lazarus Project: A Response to Jindra by Paul Williamson, W., Hood, Ralph W.

“…This essay is a response to Jindra’s review ( 2017 ) of Psychology and Spiritual Transformation in a Substance Abuse Program: The Lazarus Project (Williamson…”
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The God Mysticism Scale: a Brief Version by Paul Williamson, W., Hood, Ralph W., Chen, Zhuo Job

“…This paper presents two studies concerned with developing a brief version of the 32-item God Mysticism Scale (GMS; Hood Jr. and Williamson Journal of…”
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The Experience of Muslim Prayer: A Phenomenological Investigation by Williamson, W. Paul

“…Some form of prayer is a central feature of virtually all religious traditions. In Christianity, this practice has been studied periodically by social…”
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In the Face of Adversity: A Phenomenological Study of Spiritual Struggles among "Bible-Believing" Christians by Williamson, W. Paul, Silver, Christopher F.

“…This study explored the lived experience of adversity as spiritual struggles among fundamentalists. Ten Christian fundamentalists participated in…”
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Introduction to Special Issue in Honor of Ralph W. Hood, Jr by Williamson, W. Paul, Silver, Christopher F., Streib, Heinz

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Religious fundamentalism and perceived threat: a report from an experimental study by Williamson, W. Paul, Hood, Ralph W.

“…This study investigated the experimental effect of threat on religious fundamentalism (RF) and the tendency towards reprisal. We presented 102 Christians with…”
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The Intratextual Fundamentalism Scale: cross-cultural application, validity evidence, and relationship with religious orientation and the Big 5 factor markers by Williamson, W Paul, Hood, Ralph W, Ahmad, Aneeq, Sadiq, Mahmood, Hill, Peter C

“…This paper introduces a new five-item cross-cultural fundamentalism scale based on the principle of intratextuality. Free of belief content and concerns with…”
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Poison-drinking in obedience to the faith: a phenomenological study of the experience by Williamson, W. Paul, Hood, Ralph W.

“…In Appalachia, there are certain Christian sects who handle venomous serpents in their church services. Although their serpent handling has received some…”
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Religious Serpent Handling and Community Relations by Williamson, W. Paul, Hood, Ralph W.

“…Christian serpent handling sects of Appalachia comprise a community that has long been mischaracterized and marginalized by the larger communities surrounding…”
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The Lazarus Project: a longitudinal study of spiritual transformation among substance abusers by Williamson, W. Paul, Hood, Ralph W.

“…This is a longitudinal study of spiritual transformation at the Lazarus Project (LP), a 12-month Pentecostal-Charismatic residency program for substance abuse…”
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Spiritual Transformation: A Phenomenological Study Among Recovering Substance Abusers by Williamson, W. Paul, Hood, Ralph W.

“…As a complement to an earlier quantitative investigation, this qualitative study was concerned with describing the lived experience of spiritual transformation…”
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The Role of Mentoring in Spiritual Transformation: A Faith-Based Approach to Recovery from Substance Abuse by Williamson, W. Paul, Hood, Ralph W.

“…Little research in the psychology of religion has been directly concerned with spiritual mentoring. This study centers on spiritual mentoring and relates it to…”
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Religious fundamentalism and racial prejudice: a comparison of implicit and explicit approaches by Williamson, W. Paul, Bishop, Jasmine, Hood Jr, Ralph W.

“…We examined religious fundamentalism (RF) and racial prejudice (RP) using the implicit Affect Misattribution Procedure (AMP) and explicit Feeling Thermometer…”
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Spirit baptism: a phenomenological study of religious experience by Williamson, W. Paul, Hood, Ralph W.

“…Pentecostalism and glossolalia have received much attention from the social sciences in recent decades. Although much has been learned from research, little…”
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Dimensions of the Mysticism Scale: Confirming the Three-Factor Structure in the United States and Iran by Hood, Jr, Ralph W., Ghorbani, Nima, Watson, P. J., Ghramaleki, Ahad Framarz, Bing, Mark N., Davison, H. Kristl, Morris, Ronald J., Williamson, W. Paul

“…In a mostly Christian American sample (N = 1,379), confirmatory factor analysis of Hood's (1975) Mysticism Scale verified the existence of Stace's (1960)…”
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Differential Maintenance and Growth of Religious Organizations Based upon High-Cost Behaviors: Serpent Handling within the Church of God by Williamson, W. Paul, Hood, Ralph W.

“…The Church of God (COG, Cleveland, Tennessee) is one of the largest Pentecostal denominations in the world. A distinctive characteristic of Pentecostalism in…”
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The Bidirectional Spirituality Scale: Construction and Initial Evidence for Validity by Williamson, W. Paul, Ahmad, Aneeq

“…This study presents the development and construction of the 16-item Bidirectional Spirituality Scale (BSS), which is based on the theory of vertical and…”
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The Bidirectional Spirituality Scale: Construction and Initial Evidence for Validity by W. Paul Williamson, Aneeq Ahmad

“…This study presents the development and construction of the 16-item Bidirectional Spirituality Scale (BSS), which is based on the theory of vertical and…”
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The Phenomenology of Religious Serpent Handling: A Rationale and Thematic Study of Extemporaneous Sermons by Williamson, W. Paul, Pollio, Howard R.

“…The ritual of religious serpent handling, among independent Holiness-Pentecostal groups of the southeastern United States, has been often construed by social…”
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Changing Views of Serpent Handling: A Quasi-Experimental Study by Hood, Jr, Ralph W., Williamson, W. Paul, Morris, Ronald J.

“…Knowledge about serpent handling sects (SHS) even among social scientists and legislators has been largely influenced by biased media reports. Our own field…”
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