Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Manuscript Invitation -- PART ONE RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION -- Openness and Spiritual Development in Adolescents (Brien S. Kelley, Aurelie M. Athan, and Lisa F. Miller) -- Jung: Mentor for Pastoral Counselors (William J. Sneck) -- The Relations Among Spirituality and Religiosity and Axis II Functioning in Two College Samples (Ralph L. Piedmont, Catherine J. Hassinger, Janelle Rhorer, Martin F. Sherman, Nancy C. Sherman, and Joseph E. G. Williams) -- Associations Between Humility, Spiritual Transcendence, and Forgiveness (Christie Powers, Ruth K. Nam, Wade C. Rowatt, and Peter C. Hill) -- PART TWO SPECIAL SECTION ON POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY -- Introduction to Special Section on Positive Psychology (Joseph W. Ciarrocchi and Gina M. Yanni-Brelsford) -- The Vocation Identity Questionnaire: Measuring the Sense of Calling (Diane E. Dreher, Katherine A. Holloway, and Erin Schoenfelder) -- Spirituality and God-Attachment as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being for Seminarians and Nuns in India (Dudley Mendonca, K. Elizabeth Oakes, Joseph W. Ciarrocchi, William J. Sneck, and Kevin Gillespie) -- Child Abuse, Personality, and Spirituality as Predictors of Happiness in Maltese College Students (Michael Galea, Joseph W. Ciarrocchi, Ralph L. Piedmont, and Robert J. Wicks) -- Spiritual Transcendence and Religious Practices in Recovery from Pathological Gambling: Reducing Pain or Enhancing Quality of Life? (James M. Walsh, Joseph W. Ciarrocchi, Ralph L. Piedmont, and Deborah Haskins) -- Patience as a Virtue: Religious and Psychological Perspectives (Sarah A. Schnitker and Robert A. Emmons) -- Inward, Outward, Upward Prayers and Personal Character (Kevin L. Ladd, Meleah L. Ladd, Peter Ashbaugh, Danielle Trnka, Julie Harner, Kate St. Pierre, and Ted Swanson).

Life Satisfaction and Spirituality in Adolescents (Brien S. Kelley and Lisa Miller) -- The Relationship Between Spirituality, Assessed Through Self-transcendent Goal Strivings, and Positive Psychological Attributes (Gary K. Leak, Kristina M. DeNeve, and Adam J. Greteman) -- Authors' Biographies -- Manuscript Reviewers -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.