The Religious Experience: A Social-Psychological Perspective

by C. Daniel Batson

Book Overview

A "fascinating and provocative study"* "[This] book is rightfully subtitled 'A Social-Psychological Perspective, ' for religion is placed in the context of what is traditionally social-psychological research. It follows the trend of recent social psychology by focusing almost entirely on the effect of the group on the person. ... The ideas are provocative and often insightful. ... A number of worthwhile theoretical positions are presented and labeled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195030311
• ISBN13: 9780195030310
• Release Date: May 1982
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.