Psychology and Religion : An Introduction (Hardcover)

PREFACE 1 The relation between psychology and religion 2 Socialisation 3 The effect of personality 4 The extent and varieties of religious experience 5 The causes and effects of religious experience 6 Religious beliefs 7 Freud’s and Jung’s accounts of religious belief 8 Worship and prayer 9 Ritual and charisma 10 Happiness and the other benefits and costs of religion 11 Physical and mental health 12 Religious and other origins of morals 13 The effect of religion on behaviour 14 Secularisation and the present state of religion 15 The growth of new religious movements 16 Conclusions for religion