Abstract
IT can be safely said that religion has now weathered the storm of scientific criticism. If it has beaten back the forces of materialistic philosophy, it is because of its reliance on the reality of religious experience. In this very able book, Principal Hughes defends that experience against the disintegrating criticism of the new psychology, especially of behaviourism and psychoanalysis. He discusses the origin and meaning of religion in the light of these systems, and shows that God and conscience are not mere projections of the self, but independent realities which give a real value to religious experience in general and to Christianity in particular. The expert way in which the various problems raised are treated is a tribute to the ability of the author and to the great importance of his subject.
The New Psychology and Religious Experience.
T. H.
Hughes
By the Rev.. (Halley Stewart Publications, 2.) Pp. 332, (London: George Alien and Unwin, Ltd., 1933.) 10s. 6d. net.
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G., T. The New Psychology and Religious Experience . Nature 133, 817 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133817c0
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