Psychology of Religion: A Commentary on the Classic Texts
Author: John H. Morgan
Page count: 346
Year: 2011
Publisher: Wyndham Hall press
Table of Contents
Introduction...........7
CHAPTER ONE: William James (1902) and The Varieties of Religion Experience...........12
CHAPTER TWO: James H. Leuba (1915) and The Psychological Origin and Nature of Religion...........37
CHAPTER THREE: Sigmund Freud (1927) and The Future of an Illusion...........65
CHAPTER FOUR: Carl Jung (1938) and Psychology and Religion...........93
CHAPTER FIVE: David E. Roberts (1950) and Psychotherapy and a Christian View of Man...........119
CHAPTER SIX: Gordon Allport (1950) and The Individual and His Religion...........157
CHAPTER SEVEN: Erich Fromm (1950) and Psychoanalysis and Religion...........184
CHAPTER EIGHT: Otto Rank (1932/1950 Eng. trans.) and Psychology and the Soul...........221
CHAPTER NINE: David Bakan (1958) and Sigmund Freud and the Jewish Mystical Tradition...........250
CHAPTER TEN: Abraham Maslow (1964) and Religion, Values, and Peak-Experiences...........273
Concluding Remarks...........312
Glossary...........313
Bibliography...........335
Appendix...........345
About the Author...........346
