# Religious Faith and Meaning-Making

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- Authors: [Kirk Lougheed](https://www.bookquiver.com/kirk-lougheed)
- Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
- ISBN: 978-30-3209-478-0
- Pages: 316
- Published: 2026-07-04
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

This volume brings together contributions on faith and meaning-making from across various disciplines into one place. Adherents of the Abrahamic faiths tend to hold that faith is an integral part of their lives. Moreover, it is often considered a life-changing event when a person comes to have religious faith. Alternatively, existential despair and dread are sometimes reported by the person who loses their religious faith. Not only is either type of event a significant moment in a person’s life, but how a person’s faith (or lack thereof) is lived out throughout the course of their life is also importantly connected to meaning. This volume contains original essays on faith and meaning-making from the perspectives of philosophy, social science, and mental health, and as such constitutes a unique multidisciplinary resource. Religious Faith and Meaning-Making is essential reading for all scholars of religion and especially those focusing on the philosophy, psychology and sociology of religion.