This volume focuses on exploring the impact of religion from a social science point of view by presenting the meaning system approach to the contemporary practice of religion, within social personality psychology and related fields; and to show the interdisciplinary, multimethod research being conducted within this framework.

INTRODUCTION. Religion as a Meaning System: Implications for the New Millennium 641- Israela Silberman. RELIGION AS A MEANING SYSTEM IN PEOPLE'S LIFE. The Sacred and the Search for Significance: Religion as a Unique Process 665- Kenneth I. Pargament, Gina M. Magyar-Russell, and Nichole A. Murray-Swank. Religion and Conflict in Marital and Parent-Child Relationships 689- Annette Mahoney. Religion as a Meaning-Making Framework in Coping with Life Stress 707- Crystal L. Park. Striving for the Sacred: Personal Goals, Life Meaning, and Religion 731- Robert A. Emmons. Religion and Value Systems 747- Sonia Roccas. Religion and World Change: Violence and Terrorism versus Peace 761- Israela Silberman, E. Tory Higgins, and Carol S. Dweck. RELIGION AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS-VISION VERSUS ACTUALITY. Psychometric and Rationalization Accounts of the Religion-Forgiveness Discrepancy 785- Jo-Ann Tsang, Michael E. McCullough, and William T. Hoyt. Religion, Meaning, and Prejudice 807- Bruce Hunsberger and Lynne M. Jackson. The Three Monotheistic World Religions and International Human Rights 827- J. Paul Martin. CONCLUDING CHAPTER. Religion as a Meaning System: Policy Implications for the New Millennium 847- Kenneth I. Maton, Daniel Dodgen, Mariano R. Sto. Domingo, and David B. Larson