Religion, its functions in human life
Subtitle: a study of religion from the point of view of psychology
By: by Knight Dunlap.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: McGraw-Hill publications in psychology
Publisher: McGraw Hill Book Co.
Published: 1946
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
Subjects: Religion.
Notes: "Important references on religion and religions": p. 345-358.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Religions and religion; title: Further concepts applied to religion; title: Concepts involved in religion; title: The evolution of divinities; title: The role of desire in religion; title: Religion and the food supply; title: Protective and other primary desires in religion; title: Religious symbolism; title: Funerary praxes and rituals; title: Sin; title: Religious organization; title: Initiation, proselytism, and conversion; title: Changes in the functions of religion; title: The future of religion in civilization.