A cultural psychological approach to evangelical faith healing groups

Abstract

From the perspective of Belzen, a cultural approach for the psychology of religion is necessary to cope with the multiplicity of the religious phenomenon. He presents research of specific–very closed–religious groups to illustrate this point. A cultural approach is not limited to these specific groups, like the Dutch bevindelijken, but is also very useful to study groups that are publically discussed, like the evangelical faith healing groups.

Keywords:

• cultural psychology of religion
• evangelicals
• faith healing
• narrativity