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Abingdon Press
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Religion, Conduct of life, Religion and sociology

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Table of Contents

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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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The Abingdon religious education monographs, Abingdon religious education monographs

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248.2
Library of Congress
BL48 .B6 1933

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231 pages
Number of pages
231

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OL28369132M
OCLC/WorldCat
774766

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