Contents -- 1. An Appreciation of Paul Pruyser -- I. INTRODUCTION -- 2. A Psychological View of Religion in the 1970s -- II. CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS -- 3. The Seamy Side of Current Religious Beliefs -- 4. Narcissism in Contemporary Religion -- III. RELIGIOUS FUNCTION -- 5. Religion in the Psychiatric Hospital: A Reassessment -- 6. Anxiety, Guilt, and Shame in the Atonement -- IV. METHODS FOR STUDYING RELIGION -- 7. Assessment of the Patient's Religious Attitudes in the Psychiatric Case Study -- 8. Psychoanalytic Method in the Study of Religious Meanings -- V. RELIGIOUS DYNAMICS -- 9. Psychological Roots and Branches of Belief -- 10. Forms and Functions of the Imagination in Religion -- VI. CONCLUSION -- 11. Where Do We Go From Here? Scenarios for the Psychology of Religion -- 12. The Pruyser Legacy for the Psychology of Religion -- Bibliography of the Writings of Paul W. Pruyser, Ph.D. -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.