Hard Cover
1927 · New York
by Pratt, James Bissett
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. 7th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 7th printing. Lacks jacket. Boards lighty soiled, minor pencil underlining and marginalia (probably a dozen pages total), ink name on front endpaper. 1927 Hard Cover. viii, [2], 488 pp. A study in the psychology of religion by the Williams College professor of philosophy, who in his preface says his purpose is to describe the religious consciousness objectively. Pratt discusses religion as it relates to the subconscious, childhood and early development, the relationship between society and the individual, etc. He also examines crowd psychology and cults, the belief in immortality, prayer and private worship, and mystic experience. Index follows text. (Inventory #: 2332125)