Ep 15: Defining Islamic Psychology - Dr. Carrie York Al-Karam

Dr. Carrie York Al-Karam is currently an adjunct in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Iowa. She is an author and the head of Al Karam Lab for Islamic psychology. We discuss the emerging discipline of Islamic psychology and its future consolidation and application.

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Outline

Intro to 15min

Is there a difference between religion and spirituality?

Difference between Islamically integrated therapy and Islamic psychology.

Early Muslim contributions to the field of psychology.

What makes a subject “Islamic?”

15min-End

Ruqya and Reiki.

Explanatory models in psychology.

Causation and correlation.

Upcoming book on integrative Islamic therapy.

CILE Conference in Qatar.

Hard problems of an emerging discipline.