Religion and Critical Psychology: Religious Experience in the Knowledge Economy

by Jeremy R. Carrette

Jeremy Carrette argues that the psychology of religion is no longer sustainable without a social critique, and that as William James predicted, the project of the modernist psychology of religion has failed. Controversially he champions greater social and philosophical analysis within the field to challenge the political naivety and disciplinary illusions of the traditional approaches to psychology of religion. Carrette discusses the relevance of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415423066
• ISBN13: 9780415423069
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 9.2"