134 actas del ii congreso internacional de literatura mística self-help market. Therefore, the potential impact of these traditional treatment programs on worldview, self-actualization, and ultimately, interreligious and/or intercultural understanding and tolerance is a significant and relevant matter for investigation. The comparison and contrast of these religious psycho-spiritual therapeutic methodologies, (i.e., the search for patterns of invariance), can assist in identifying and synthesizing the ‘essence’ of the reported experiencings and outcomes (Moustakas, 1994; Van Heuveln, 2000). This can provide information and data that may assist in disentangling the mystery related to the quintessence and embodiment of these experiences, and their impact on worldview and self-actualization (George, 2006; Gimello, 1983). Moreover, the very identification of invariance itself, and the analysis and synthesis of the essence, can serve to promote deeper interreligious and/or intercultural understanding and tolerance. 1.2 framework A growing body of scientific research suggests a strong and consistent positive relationship between religious psycho-spiritual therapeutic methodologies, worldview, self-actualization, and interreligious and/or intercultural understanding and tolerance (Chrysostomos, 2007; Heylighen, Joslyn, & Turchin, 1995; Vujisić, 2009; 2010; 2012); and indeed, the last two decades have stood at the interface of this new realization and consciousness (DiLeo, 2007; Richards & Bergin, 1997; 2000). Consequently, support has grown for a more holistic approach to mental health that includes religious psychospiritual therapeutic methodologies in the understanding of worldview, self-actualization, and interreligious and/or intercultural understanding and tolerance, and researchers have begun to explore psychospiritual traditions as one of the possible dimensions of the cognitive, emotional, behavioral, interpersonal and psychological facets that can contribute to the make-up of the individual (Corsini & Wedding, 2000; McCullough, Larson, & Worthington, 1998; Richards & Bergin, 1997; 2000; Vujisić, 2009; 2012). Although correlations between religious psycho-spiritual therapeutic methodologies and worldview, selfactualization, and interreligious and/or intercultural understanding and tolerance have been recognized in many ancient and modern cultures throughout the world, the historical schism between religion
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