Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences

Some time ago, after the Supreme Court decision on prayer in the public schools, a so-called patriotic women's organization-I forget which one-bitterly attacked the decision as antireligious. "One of the most foremost spokesmen for the Third Force movement in psychology, Abraham H. Maslow, here articulates one of his prominent theses: the "religious" experience is a rightful subject for scientific investigation and speculation and, conversely, the "scientific community" will see its work enhanced by acknowledging and studying the species-wide need for spiritual expression which, in so many forms, is at the heart of "peak experiences" reached by healthy, full functioning persons."--Back cover Dichotomized science and dichotomized religion The "core-religious," or "transcendent," experience Organizational dangers to transcendent experiences Hope, skepticism, and man's higher nature Science and the religious liberals and non-theists Value-free education? Conclusions Appendixes. Religious aspects of peak-experiences ; The third psychology ; Ethnocentric phrasings of peak-experiences.