Psychology, Religion and Healing: A Critical Study of all non-Physical Methods of Healing, with an examination of the principles underlying them and the Technigues Employed to Express them, Together with some Conclusions Regarding Further Investigation and Action in this Field
by Leslie D. Weatherhead
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Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. to front: list of author's books, titles, contents, summary of contents, foreword, preface & introduction. This unusual work aims to review every known method of healing through the mind and the spirit, to assess the place of psychology and religion in the field of non-physical healing, to pass a critical judgment on the methods used to attain health in this field, and to ascertain along which lines modern techniques might usefully proceed. Thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of any psychologist or spiritual healing enthusiast. Contents Include: Man's Earliest Search for Healing, Earlier Methods of Healing Through Religion, Earlier Methods of Healing Through Psychology, Modern Methods of Healing Through Religion, Modern Methods of Healing Through Psychology, Do Modern Psychological Methods of Healing Need Religion?, Do Modern Religious Methods of Healing Need Psychology?, and The Modern Search For Healing Through Psychology and Religion. Leslie Dixon Weatherhead was an English Christian theologian in the liberal Protestant tradition. Renowned as one of Britain's finest preachers in his day, Weatherhead achieved notoriety for his preaching ministry at City Temple in London and for his books, including The Will of God, The Christian Agnostic and this title. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 544 pages. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's name & date in ink to fep. Gilt titles spine (faded). black cloth. Includes appendices, bibliography & indexes of proper names & subjects. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Psychology & Psychiatry; Medicine & Health; Healing; Spiritual Healing; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 4997. .
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- Title
- Psychology, Religion and Healing: A Critical Study of all non-Physical Methods of Healing, with an examination of the principles underlying them and the Technigues Employed to Express them, Together with some Conclusions Regarding Further Investigation and Action in this Field
- Author
- Leslie D. Weatherhead
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Psychology & Psychiatry/Healing/Religion & Theology/Medicine & Health/Spiritual Healing Psychology & Psychiatry; Medicine & Health; Healing; Spiritual Healing; Religion & Theology. Unbranded Leslie D. Weatherhead Psycholo
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