1st Edition

The Making and Unmaking of the Psychology of Religion

By Matei Iagher Copyright 2024
224 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the rise and demise of the psychology of religion in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Europe and the United States. It considers the formation of the psychology of religion as an international movement, an enterprise whose goal was to refashion the science of religion at the turn of the century. Drawing on published sources and archival accounts, the chapters engage... Read more

Introduction

1 Psychology and the science(s) of religion(s)

2 Affairs of the heart: Conversion and FeelingsĀ 

3 Mysticism

4 Jung

Conclusion

Biography

Matei Iagher has a PhD in the history of psychology from University College London, UK. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Bucharest, Romania.