1st Edition
Psychology and Religion An Introduction to Contemporary Views
Preface. Part I: Psychological Theories and Religion 1. Psychology and Religion 2. The History of the Psychology of Religion 3. The Origins of Religion 4. Religion and Psychological Concepts 5. Archetypes, Symbols, Myths 6. Freud on Religion 7. Jung on Religion Part II: Psychology and Religious Practices 8. The Growth of Religious Consciousness 9. The Psychology of Religious Practices – Prayer 10. The Psychology of Religious Practices – Worship 11. Religious Experience 12. Some Contemporary Viewpoints. Appendices. Bibliography. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.
Biography
George Stephens Spinks (1904–1978) was, at the time of original publication, one-time Editor of the Hibbert Journal and Upton Lecturer in the Psychology of Religion, Oxford. He had also published a number of books on allied subjects.
