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James Henry Leuba

American psychologist

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contribution to the study of religion

In study of religion: Psychological studies
…examples, was the American psychologist James H. Leuba (1868–1946). In A Psychological Study of Religion he attempted to account for mystical experience psychologically and physiologically, pointing to analogies with certain drug-induced experiences. Leuba argued forcefully for a naturalistic treatment of religion, which he considered to be necessary if religious psychology…
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denial of religious experience

In religious experience: Study and evaluation
…such as Sigmund Freud and J.H. Leuba, rejected such claims and explained religion in psychological and genetic terms as a projection of human wishes and desires. Philosophers such as William James, Josiah Royce, William E. Hocking, and Wilbur M. Urban represented an idealist tradition in interpreting religion, stressing the concepts…
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