Religion and the good life
Series: The Abingdon religious education monographs; Abingdon religious education monographs
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 1933
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Religion; Conduct of life; Religion and sociology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: I. Introduction : The temporary eclipse of the good life ; No simple solution possible ; The new emphasis upon education for character ; Is religion essential to the good life? ; A solution dependent upon experimentation; title: II. The good life : The good life an affair of persons ; Character and personality ; Criteria for judging character ; Conscience ; Absolute and relative standards ; Character through personality ; The good life an achievement; title: III. A functional view of religion : The changing view of religion ; The scientific study of religion ; Religion as intellectualistic belief ; Religion as an emotional experience ; Religion as a valuational experience ; Ideas and emotion integrated in end-seeking ; A functional view of religion ; Religion as a resource; title: IV. The source of religious ideas and practices : The content and pattern of religions ideas and practices are derived from practical activities ; Religious ideas and practice change from group to group ; Religious contemporary changes ; The source of religious ideas and practices in personal life ; The course of reality in religion ; Changing religious concepts and practices ; The abiding core of religion; title: V. The spiritual reconstruction of experience : Religion as a factor of reconstruction ; Types of religion ; Setting experiences in their total context ; The cross-criticism of values ; Fixing attention upon the ideal aspects of experience ; Life in its responsible relation to God ; An adequate technique of reconstruction needed.; title: VI. Life in its universal context : The tendency toward atomism in expe4rience ; The increasing complexity of modern life ; The increasing differentiation of social organization ; The influence of scientific analysis ; Art and the emotions ; Philosophy as a system of ideas ; The unifying influence of a great cause ; Religion as a practical philosophy of life; title: VII. At home in the universe : The wish for recognition and security ; The vastness of the universe ; The mechanisms of the universe ; The abstract world of philosophic thought ; A more personal approach to the universe needed ; Religion is concerned with values ; The personal aspects of the universe ; The sense of at-home-ness in the universe ; The elimination of fear ; Peace and poise ; Facing death ; Responsible participation in the universe; title: VIII. Prayer ; Man's need for intimacy : Prayer as a technique of adjustment ; The natural history of prayer ; Prayer as communion possible only in mature religion ; Prayer as the great confessional ; Prayer as the reorganization of desire ; Prayer as associated desire; title: IX. Participation in the religious group : The religious institution ; Membership in a sustaining and sustained group ; Living within a tradition ; Devotion to a cause ; Devotion to an ideal person ; The place of loyalty in the achievement of the good life; title: X. Sanctions of conduct : Technique and motive ; The interdependence of morality and religion ; The incentives that impel persons to act ; Types of incentives ; Direct and indirect motivation ; Religion as intrinsic motivation; title: XI. The integration of personality : World integration and personal integration interdependent ; The harmonization of the factors that constitute personality ; Atomistic experience ; Multiple personality ; Roles in disparate social groups ; Personality disorders ; Religion and a working philosophy of life ; Religion and a dominant purpose ; Loyalties ; Religion as a way of life.