The Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS), founded in 1956, is an association of American Christians in the counseling and behavioral sciences. It holds a yearly conference and publishes the ''

Journal of Psychology and Christianity The ''Journal of Psychology and Christianity'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that is "designed to provide scholarly interchange among Christian professionals in the psychological and pastoral professions." Topics covered include clinical iss ...

'', which is indexed in psychological and other scholarly databases.

History

The founding of CAPS has been described as part of a recovery of interest in religion among psychologists. Ian Jones stated that CAPS provides alternatives to secular organizations such as the American Psychological Association.

Development

CAPS has several chapters across the United States.CAPS website
Retrieved 19 June 2010. Its publishing arm publishes books. Extensive information about the history of CAPS is available in a book published for CAPS' 50th anniversary, edited by Stevenson, Eck and Hill.

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* {{Authority control Professional associations based in the United States Organizations based in Illinois