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The Psychology of Religion

by Edwin Diller STARBUCK (1866 - 1947)

VII. - In what Conversion Consists

“The present volume is an excursus into individual psychology, and represents only one of several aspects of the psychology... “It is a purely empirical study into the Line of Growth in Religion in individuals, and an inquiry into the causes and conditions which determine it...” From the Introduction, p11.Diagrams from the text can be downloaded here.

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Listen next episodes of The Psychology of Religion:
IX. - The Quality of Feeling following Conversion , VIII. - The Conscious and Sub-Conscious Elements in Conversion , X. - The Character of the New Life , XI. - Conversion as a Normal Human Experience , XII. - A General View of Conversion , XIII. - The Abnormal Aspect of Conversion , XIV. - Sources of Data , XIX. - Adolescence - Alienation , XV. - The Religion of Childhood , XVI. - Adolescence - Spontaneous Religious Awakenings , XVII. - Adolescence - Storm and Stress , XVIII. - Adolescence - Doubt , XX. - Adolescence - The Birth of a Larger Self , XXI. - Adolescence - Substitutes for Religious Feeling , XXII. - Adult Life - The Period of Reconstruction , XXIII. - External Influences , XXIV - Growth without Definite Transitions , XXIX. - Sanctification , XXV. - Adult Life - Beliefs , XXVI. - Adult Life - Religious Feelings , XXVII. - Adult Life - Motives and Purposes , XXVIII. - The Line of Growth Following Conversion , XXX. - A General View of the Line of Religious Growth , XXXI. - Some Educational Inferences