James H. Leuba
James Henry Leuba (born 1868 in Neuchâtel , Switzerland ; died 1946 ) was an American psychologist . He was one of the pioneers of modern religious psychology .
Leuba first studied in his hometown, then in Leipzig, Halle, Heidelberg and Paris. He was a professor of psychology at Bryn Mawr College , Pennsylvania . Leuba emerged as the author of a psychology of religious mysticism .
Publications
- Leuba, JH (1909). The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion . Digitized
- Leuba, JH (1912). The Psychological Study of Religion: Its Origin, Function, and Future . New York: Macmillan.
- Leuba, JH (1916). The Belief in God and Immortality . Boston: Sherman, French.
- Leuba, JH (1925). The Psychology of Religious Mysticism . New York: Harcourt, Brace. (1925 UK edition. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Trubner, International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method ). (Ger. The psychology of religious mysticism. Munich: JF Bergmann, 1927 partial view )
- Leuba, JH (1933). God or Man? A Study of the Value of God to Man . New York: Henry Holt and Company. (1934 UK edition. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Trubner).
See also
- William James
- Edwin Diller Starbuck (1866-1947)
- Granville Stanley Hall
References and footnotes
- ↑ James Henry Leuba
- ↑ The Psychology of Religious Mysticism , German under the title The Psychology of Religious Mysticism .
literature
- Kirsten Huxel: The empirical psychology of faith: historical and systematic studies on the pioneers of the psychology of religion . Stuttgart, Berlin, Cologne: Kohlhammer 2000 (Diss. Uni Tübingen 1998). ISBN 978-3-17-016301-0
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leuba, James H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leuba, James Henry (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American psychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuchâtel , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1946 |