I. A Perspective on Religion

2. The Sacred and the Search for Significance

3. Religious Pathways and Religious Destinations

II. A Perspective on Coping

4. An Introduction to the Concept of Coping

5. The Flow of Coping

III. The Religion and Coping Connection

6. When People Turn to Religion: When They Turn Away

7. The Many Faces of Religion in Coping

8. Religion and the Mechanisms of Coping: The Conservation of Significance

9. Religion and the Mechanisms of Coping: The Transformation of Significance

IV. Evaluative and Practical Implications

10. Does It Work? Religion and the Outcomes of Coping

11. When Religion Fails: Problems of Integration in the Process of Coping

12. Putting Religion into Practice