An Approach to the Psychology of Religion

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc., 1927. Very Good condition. NOT a library discard. A square, reasonably tight copy. Bound in the original brown cloth. Corners are not bumped. Inner hinges are perfect. Rusty paperclip mark on three leaves. Otherwise pages are crisp and creamy white. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Contains an Introduction and seven chapters: 1) What is Religion?; 2) The Mechanism of the Religious response; 3) A Study of the Religion of the Winnebago Indians; 4) The Peyote Cult among the Winnebago; 5) George Fox; 6) Psychopathology and Religion; 7) Conversion. Three appendices. Author Index. General Index. This book is from the library of, and bears the ink signature of Dr. Arthur Frank Payne (1876-1939) of Newton, New Jersey. Dr. Payne earned the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago and that of Master of Arts at Columbia University. In 1917 he served as executive secretary of the Military Training Commission in New York. In 1918 he was director of the United States War Department surveys. He pursued advanced studies at Harvard where he was made a Doctor of Education. He went on to teach at Columbia, the College of the City of New York, the University of Minnesota, the University of California, and Harvard. Dr. Payne edited several educational and psychological texts for McGraw-Hill and was associate editor of VOCATIONAL EDUCATION MAGAZINE. A gifted lecturer, Dr. Payne spoke regularly on psychology at Carnegie Hall in New York. For many years Dr. Payne was actively involved with the National Education Association, serving as its treasurer and as president of its department of vocational guidance. According to his biography in THE STORY OF NEW JERSEY by William S. Myers, Dr. Payne's "contribution toward solving some of the colossal psychological problems rising in consequence of modern industrial changes was a truly notable one, of value to countless individuals.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. xi, 248pp.