International Association for the Psychology of Religion Podcast

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A podcast in which academics within the field of the Psychology of Religion, and associated fields, are interviewed and discuss the latest academic literature and research on the Psychology of Religion

Episode 2 - Dr Everton de Oliveira Maraldi: Possession, Dissociation, and More
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09/29/2023


In the second episode of the IAPR podcast, host Dr Sarah Charles interviews Dr Everton de Oliveira Maraldi about his work on the psychology of mediumship, possession, and dissociation  

Chapters

0:00 Intro
1:27 About Everton
5:21 Psychology's WEIRD approach to mediumship and spiritism
11:40 Everton's cross-cultural work and potential for new ideas
14:00 The role of embodied cognition in possession and mediumship
19:10 Cross-cultural consistency of diagnosis of dissociation
20:30 Trauma, dissociation, and depersonalisation 
25:05 Meta-psychological discussion, measurement, bias in interpretation, and demand characteristics
31:20 How to avoid methodological issues, and deception
37:50 The assumed li...


Episode 1 - Julia Gyimesi, Epilepsy and Religiosity
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05/29/2023

In the first episode of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR) podcast, host Dr Sarah Charles interviews Dr Julia Gyimesi about her recent article published in Issue 1 of Volume 45 of the Archive for the Psychology of Religion entitled "Epilepsy and religiosity: A historical overview" (DOI: 10.1177/00846724221135678)