FIVE SOURCES OF VARIABILITY IN RESPONSES TO UNCERTAINTY
CHANGES IN AGE DISTRIBUTIONS AND IN THE MIX OF EMPLOYMENT AND OCCUPATIONS IN THE USA
RESPONSES OF INDIVIDUALS TO SOCIOCULTURAL CHANGE
A GENERATION SEARCHES HOW TO RESPOND TO CHANGE
HOW SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS RESPOND TO CHANGE
PROBLEMS OUR LANGUAGE IMPOSES ON OUR THINKING Go there now.
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THE RISE OF INDIVIDUALISM AND DECLINE IN COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY
THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY
TRIBALISM STILL PERSISTS
CONTROLLING SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF REALITY Go there now.
THE POSTMODERN ERA
SUCCESSIVE LEVELS OF PERSPECTIVE TAKING
RELIGION AND THE POSTMODERN ERAGo there now.
CONCLUSIONS

Assessments and Possibilities

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EXTENSIONS TO DISCUSSIONS IN THE MAIN PAPER

The following are cross links within the foregoing paper. These cross links are mostly extensions of the discussion in the main paper. The [stages7.htm] cross link is a quite detailed one on religion. Go there now.

The cross links listed below appear in approximate order of appearance in the main page or this paper.

SOME NOTES ON "LANGUAGE IN THOUGHT AND ACTION" BY S.I. HAYAKAWA AND SON [haya.htm]. Go there now.

A SUMMARY OF EDWARD DE BONO'S 1991 BOOK, "I AM RIGHT - YOU ARE WRONG" [bono1.htm]. Go there now.

SOME NOTES ON PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS FAITH IN A CHANGING WORLD [Stages7.htm]

Introduction
Variations in Beliefs, Dogmas and Constructions of Reality
Images of God, Transdent, and/or Within Each of Us
Spirituality
The Decline of Mainline Churches and Efforts to Clarify Religion's Changing Role as We Enter the Postmodern Era
Conclusions
Bibliography
Appendix 1
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SOME NOTES ON CAPLAN'S 6-1999 BOOK ON MYSTICISM [caplan3.htm]

On Mysticism
Mysticism and Fundamentalism Form a Cyclical Process That Affects Sociocultural Systems and Religions
On keeping a Flexible and Open Attitude Toward Relating to God
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PSYCHO-SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM DEPENDENT BABY TO MATURE ADULT [stages4.htm]
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IMPACTS OF CHANGING CONSTRUCTIONS OF REALITY UPON WESTERN SOCIETIES IN THE MODERN ERA [stages3.htm]

Impacts of Changing Constructions of Reality
Similarities between the Enlightenment, Modern and Postmodern Eras and Stages of Faith Development
Impacts Upon the Self from Changes in Reality Construction
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SOME NOTES ON ARMSTRONG'S BOOK "THE HISTORY OF GOD" [karena.htm]

Approaches to Armstrong's "History of God"
On How We Imagine and Relate to God
Organization of Armstrong's 1993 Book.
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