Psychology and Religion | An Introduction | Michael Argyle | Taylor &

ABSTRACT

Michael Argyle's new book is an introduction to the psychology of religion from one of the world's most famous experimental psychologists.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|10 pages

The relation between psychology and religion

chapter 2|12 pages

Socialisation

chapter 3|12 pages

The effect of personality

chapter 4|12 pages

The extent and varieties of religious experience

chapter 5|13 pages

The causes and effects of religious experience

chapter 6|17 pages

Religious beliefs

chapter 7|10 pages

Freud’s and Jung’s accounts of religious belief

chapter 8|11 pages

Worship and prayer

chapter 9|11 pages

Ritual and charisma

chapter 10|11 pages

Happiness and the other benefits and costs of religion

chapter 11|9 pages

Physical and mental health

chapter 12|12 pages

Religious and other origins of morals

chapter 13|13 pages

The effect of religion on behaviour

chapter 14|17 pages

Secularisation and the present state of religion

chapter 14|12 pages

The growth of new religious movements

chapter 16|8 pages

Conclusions for religion