ABSTRACT
Within this literature on psychology and religion, there are those who openly set out to demonstrate that religious belief is a colossal self-deception and who use psychology or psychoanalytical concepts and insights in an attempt to expose the fallacy of religion. Sigmund Freud, the commonly recognized father of psychoanalysis, is frequently quoted as the touchstone for this confrontation. Jack Dominian, a well-known and widely-read Catholic author of pastoral and devotional books, who is also a psychiatrist, has attempted something similar to Thorne but the author does not think with the same success. His book, One Like Us, is, as we might except from such an eminent figure, packed with valuable information and insights into the relationship between psychology and faith. Pragmatism is a philosophical methodology which begins with, and focuses on, practical consequences, rather than theoretical, or metaphysical propositions, in the search for understanding.
