Psychology, Religion, and the Nature of the Soul

A Historical Entanglement

By: Graham Richards

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Hardcover | 1 October 2010

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Neither a book about the psychology of spirituality nor America's ongoing turf wars between religion and science, Psychology, Religion, and the Nature of the Soul takes to task many of the presumed relationships between the two-from sharing common concerns to diametrically hostile opposites-to analyze the myriad functions religion and psychology play in our understanding of the human life and mind.

Graham Richards takes the historical and philosophical long view in these rigorous and readable essays, which trace three long-running and potentially outmoded threads: that psychology and religion are irrelevant to each other, that they are complementary and should collaborate, and that one will eventually replace the other. He references a stunning variety of texts (from Freud and Allport to Karen Armstrong and Paul Tillich) reflecting the evolution of these ideas over the decades, to emphasize both the complexity of the issues and the enduring lack of easy answers. The eloquence of the writing and passionate objectivity of the argument will interest readers on all sides of the debate as the author examines: the religious origins of psychology, the original dichotomy: mythos versus logos, the authenticity of religious experience, Religion and personality, the problematic role of prayer and Religion in the history of psychotherapy.

For those making a serious study of the history of psychology, Psychology, Religion, and the Nature of the Soul will inspire a fresh wave of critical discussion and inquiry.

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The Nature of the Problem	p. 1
Mythos and Logos	p. 9
Psychology's Religious Roots	p. 13
Education and the Child	p. 13
The American Dimension	p. 15
Some Early British Religious Psychologists	p. 18
(1805-1900)	p. 19
(1813-1885)	p. 20
(1848-1894)	p. 21
(1843-1901)	p. 22
(1843-1925)	p. 23
A Catholic Detour	p. 24
Religious Origins of the Concept of 'Psychology'	p. 27
Conclusions	p. 29
Psychology of Religion	p. 31
The Varieties of Religious Experience	p. 32
Classic Psychology of Religion	p. 38
The Demise of Classical Psychology of Religion	p. 45
Conclusion	p. 48
A Boundary Problem	p. 51
John Macmurray	p. 52
Reinhold Niebuhr	p. 53
Paul Tillich	p. 56
Martin Buber	p. 59
The Union Theological Seminary Connection	p. 62
Conclusion	p. 63
The Authenticity of Religious Experience	p. 65
Religion and Psychotherapy	p. 69
Boston Emmanuel Movement (1906-1929)	p. 70
Britain between 1918 and c. 1980	p. 71
Hugh Crichton-Miller	p. 76
Leslie Weatherhead	p. 78
William Brown	p. 80
Other Psychological Involvements with Religion	p. 83
The Interwar Period in Britain: A Summary	p. 84
The Post-war Period	p. 85
The Growth Movement	p. 89
The Problem of Prayer	p. 93
Religion and Personality	p. 101
The Theism Question	p. 109
Psychology and Non-Christian Religions	p. 117
Religion and Psychological Theory	p. 123
Salvaging Protestantism by Other Means?	p. 124
The Mysterious Nature of Psychoanalysis	p. 126
(1897-1967): The Psychology of an Episcopalian	p. 131
Atheism and Anti-religious Psychology	p. 138
Conclusion	p. 139
Conclusions, Hypotheses, Suggestions and a Stab at a Personal 'Position Statement'	p. 141
Religious Doctrines Beyond Psychology's Brief	p. 143
Religion and Psychology Essentially Concerned with the Same Issues	p. 145
Religion is an Inferior Alternative to Psychology	p. 147
Reconstruing the Relationship	p. 149
Two Issues for Historians of Psychology	p. 152
An Attempt at a Final Position	p. 153
Concluding Remarks	p. 160
Bibliography	p. 163
Index	p. 175
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