Suggested Readings

III. A Suggested Reading List

My students often ask me what else they could read to learn more about the information that was presented to them in Maps of Meaning.

The papers directly below, Related Papers, are newer elaborations on the themes presented in the book, Maps of Meaning, and the course.

In addition, I have organized a much more extensive annotated reading list, which contains many of the books that have influenced me profoundly. Finish these, and you will understand something about the psychology of religion, and the motivation for social conflict and atrocity.

Related Papers

• Peterson, J.B. (in press). Territoriality and totalitarian cowardice as motivation for violent social conflict and atrocity. In Kurtz, L. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict (pp. xx-xx), 2^nd Edition. San Diego: Academic Press.
• Peterson, J.B. (2008). The meaning of meaning. In Wong, P. et al. (Eds.). The Positive Psychology of Meaning and Spirituality (pp. xx-xx). Vancouver, Canada: INPM Press.
• Peterson, J.B. (2007). A psycho-ontological analysis of Genesis 2-6. Archiv für Religionspsychologie (Archives of the Psychology of Religion), 29, 87-125.
• Peterson, J.B. (2006). Peacemaking among higher-order primates. In Fitzduff, M. & Stout, C.E. (Eds.). The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts: From War to Peace. In Volume III, Interventions (pp. xx-xx). New York: Praeger.
• Peterson, J.B. (2006). Religion, sovereignty, natural rights, and the constituent elements of experience. Archiv für Religionspsychologie (Archives of the Psychology of Religion), 28, 135-180.
• Peterson, J.B. & Djikic, M. (2003). You can neither forget nor remember what you don’t understand. Religion & Public Life, 33, 85-118.
• Peterson, J.B. & Flanders, J. (2002). Complexity management theory: Motivation for ideological rigidity and social conflict. Cortex, 38, 429-458.