Project Gutenberg 2012-04-22 Public domain in the USA. 211 Leuba, James H. (James Henry) 1868 1946 The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion The fundamental nature of religion -- Three types of behaviour differentiated -- Origin of the ideas of ghosts, nature-beings, and gods -- Magic and religion -- The original emotion of primitive religious life -- Concluding remarks on the nature and the function of religion. Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion" by James H. Leuba is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work discusses the psychological foundations and varied aspects of religion, attempting to understand how religious belief emerges from human mental processes. It serves as a culmination of a series that examines various religious traditions, focusing on the psychological dimensions that underpin such practices. The opening of this work introduces the fundamental nature of religion, contrasting various definitions provided by scholars throughout history. Leuba emphasizes that religion cannot be solely defined through intellectual or emotional lenses but must be understood as a holistic engagement of human consciousness involving will, thought, and feeling. He critiques prevailing definitions that prioritize one aspect over others and argues for a more comprehensive approach that acknowledges all three dimensions in the context of religious behavior, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of religion's psychological origins in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Psychology, Religious Magic BL Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 166346 166355 2024-09-16T14:40:10.268721 2023-09-17T09:06:20.274711 text/html text/html 164910 2012-04-22T15:42:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 58278 2012-04-22T15:42:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 119421 2024-09-16T14:40:14.931696 application/epub+zip 120165 2024-09-16T14:40:11.760738 application/epub+zip 120165 2024-09-16T14:40:10.853709 application/epub+zip 285507 2024-09-16T14:40:17.304681 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265614 2024-09-16T14:40:14.292867 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265831 2022-09-18T06:35:29.713543 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 143285 143097 2024-09-16T14:40:09.854733 2023-09-17T09:06:19.871722 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 143104 2012-04-22T15:42:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 53804 2012-04-22T15:42:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 143100 2012-04-22T15:42:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53763 2012-04-22T15:42:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20577 2024-09-16T14:40:17.443670 application/rdf+xml 18071 2024-09-16T14:40:11.211717 image/jpeg 3931 2024-09-16T14:40:11.030704 image/jpeg 117284 2024-09-16T14:40:10.283709 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog