The Psychology of Religion: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Psychology of Religion, credited to Edwin Diller Starbuck, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Psychology of Religion by Edwin Diller Starbuck. Read in English by Curt Walton “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.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Psychology of Religion
• Author credits: Edwin Diller Starbuck
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 32
• Listed recording duration: 13:11:52

Catalogue topics

• conversion

Opening tracks: first 24 of 32

1. 00 - Prefaces — 9:35
2. 01 - I. - Introduction — 35:17
3. 02 - II. - Sources for the Study of Conversion — 12:35
4. 03 - III. - The Age of Conversion — 32:45
5. 04 - IV. - The Motives and Forces Leading to Conversion — 14:55
6. 05 - V. - Experiences Preceeding Conversion — 33:59
7. 06 - VI. - The Mental and Bodily Affections immediately accompanying Conversion — 26:58
8. 07 - VII. - In what Conversion Consists — 19:44
9. 08 - VIII. - The Conscious and Sub-Conscious Elements in Conversion — 34:29
10. 09 - IX. - The Quality of Feeling following Conversion — 13:01
11. 10 - X. - The Character of the New Life — 20:46
12. 11 - XI. - Conversion as a Normal Human Experience — 19:34
13. 12 - XII. - A General View of Conversion — 34:26
14. 13 - XIII. - The Abnormal Aspect of Conversion — 33:14
15. 14 - XIV. - Sources of Data — 8:12
16. 15 - XV. - The Religion of Childhood — 12:46
17. 16 - XVI. - Adolescence - Spontaneous Religious Awakenings — 33:35
18. 17 - XVII. - Adolescence - Storm and Stress — 39:00
19. 18 - XVIII. - Adolescence - Doubt — 21:51
20. 19 - XIX. - Adolescence - Alienation — 14:18
21. 20 - XX. - Adolescence - The Birth of a Larger Self — 32:51
22. 21 - XXI. - Adolescence - Substitutes for Religious Feeling — 16:28
23. 22 - XXII. - Adult Life - The Period of Reconstruction — 34:36
24. 23 - XXIII. - External Influences — 5:28

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