Abstract

The title of this book is an unusually honest assessment of its contents. The initial conjunction accurately depicts an external relationship between the domains discussed, and the subtitle clearly predicts the level of exposition. The title does not promise, and the author does not give, an independent account of any real relationship between psychology and religion. What we are given is a fairly exhaustive, if sketchy and reportorial, exposition of a variety of psychological views of a variety of religious phenomena. The honesty and directness of the title mirrors the honesty and directness of the exposition. Need we also point out that the obviousness of the title also mirrors the obviousness of the exposition?—W. G. E.