Psychology and Religion: Their Relationship and Integration from an Islamic Perspective (1998)*

Abstract

Religion is a pervasive and influential phenomenon in the livesof many people. Instances of religious behavior are easily foundin almost all societies and cultures of the world. However, psychologyas a behavioral science has largely ignored the studyof religion and its profound impact on human behavior. Thisarticle attempts to explore the relationship between psychologyand religion and how these two disciplines interact. After a generaloverview of the relationship between the two disciplines,Islamization of psychology is suggested as a way out of the currentimpasse between psychology and religion. *This article was first published in the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 15, no. 4 (1998):97-116