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Name and TitleDoug Soderstrom, Ph.D., Instructor of Psychology
Institutional AffiliationWharton County Junior College
Mailing AddressDepartment of Psychology
Wharton County Junior College
Wharton, Texas 77488
Email AddressResearch InterestsHow people attempt to explain the "salvation vs. works" dilemma (How religious fundamentalists can "according to the Christian faith" rationally explain why unsaved/good people should go to Hell AND How Christian Humanists can "according to the Christian faith" rationally explain why unsaved/good people should not go to Hell). Related to this, I am interested in how the religious fundamentalist deals (perhaps by using defense mechanisms, etc.) with the cognitive dissonance which seems such an inherent part of this dilemma (The cognitive dissonance which may well be an inherent part of trying to rationally justify why one who has lived a life of moral excellence, yet who is unsaved, "should be expected to" spend an eternity in Hell).
Representative Publications- Soderstrom, Doug and Wright, E. Wayne. Religious Orientatin and Meaning in Life. Journal of Clinical Psychology, January, 1977, Vol. 33, No.1.
- Soderstrom, Doug. Religious Orientation and Meaning in Life. Psychologists Interested
in Religious Issues Newsletter, January, 1976, Vol. 1 ( APA Div. XXXVI, No. 1).
- Soderstrom, Doug. The Truth Less Told: Understanding Ourselves As We Really Are,
Unpublished Manuscript.
Research KeywordsTranspersonal, Cognitive, and Mental Health and Psychopathology
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