Maslow, Abraham Harold

Religions, values, and peak-experiences by Abraham H. Maslow. - New York Penguin Arkana 1994. - xx, 123 p. 20 cm.

Originally published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 1964. Preface has c1970.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-123).

Introduction -- Dichotomized science and dichotomized religion -- "Core-religious," or "transcendent," experience -- Organizational dangers to trascendent experiences -- Hope, skepticism, and man's higher nature -- Science and the religious liberals and non-theists -- Value-free education -- Conclusions. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. ch. 7. ch. 8.

Written in the mid-1960s, this is Maslow's classic treatise on transcendent states of being and their essential value in human life. Proposing religious experience as a legitimate subject for scientific investigation, Maslow studies the human need for spiritual expression.

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Psychology, Religious
Peak experiences.
Experience (Religion)