Item #445615 The religious consciousness : a psychological study / by James Bissett Pratt. James Bissett Pratt.

The religious consciousness : a psychological study / by James Bissett Pratt

1930, Reprint. New York : Macmillan. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #445615

Physical description; viii, 488 pages. Notes; Reprinted in part from various periodicals. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Religion -- The psychology of religion -- Religion and the subconscious -- Society and the individual -- The religion of childhood -- Adolescence -- Two types of conversion -- The factors at work in conversion -- Crowd psychology and revivals -- The belief in a god -- The belief in immortality -- The cult and its causes -- How the cult performs its functions -- Objective and subjective worship -- Prayer and private worship -- The milder form of mystic experience -- The "mystics" and their methods -- The ecstasy -- The mystic life -- The place and value of mysticism. Subjects; Religion. Psychology, Religious. Psychology and religion. Religion and Psychology. Religion (discipline). Psychology of religion. Natural theology.

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