Psychology of Religion: The development of the religious consciousness and its varied expressions. A study of the psychological dynamics of growth and conversion, response to crisis, and the relation of spiritual practice to health and wholeness.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course will begin with a brief exploration of the various dimensions historically given to the discipline, "psychology of religion." The process of personal spiritual growth will then be studied, with suggested norms and variations to which religious institutions, parents and individuals might aspire at each age level. We will look in some detail at one case study of development, related in the internal autobiography of Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections.

Other briefer personal accounts will be viewed as illustrative of the dynamics of conversion, worship, prayer and other elements of the religious life. Selections here will be largely but not exclusively Western, taken from the classic by William James, Varieties of Religious Experience, and other sources. Attention will be given to women's consciousness, using Revelations: Diaries of Women, ed. by Moffat and Painter, and to men's, through Kazantzakis' Zorba the Greek. Still another text, your professor's book, Zen and the Art of Anything, will be used to explore everyday spirituality. It will be available directly from him at $5 per copy (deeply discounted!).

Through all of the above, it is anticipated that some persons in the course will use theoretical and clinical materials as tools for understanding others and relating to them with greater sensitivity, and for the emergence of a deeper level of personal spiritual awareness. In accord with James' insights, the shape given to these value systems will doubtless be infinitely varied.

TEXTS:
Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections
William James, Varieties of Religious Experience
Moffat and Painter, eds., Revelations: Diaries of Women
Kazantzaki, Zorba the Greek
Hal French, Zen and the Art of Anything

METHOD OF EVALUATION:
Two exams and a final will be given at stated dates. These will be primarily short essay in format, but with objective components as well on each occasion. Each exam will be weighed at 20% and two journal submissions will also count for 20% each. The journal will be composed primarily of responses to specific exercises suggested in class. It should require less than one hour per week, and should not occupy more than one or two pages per week. The first journal will be due before Spring Break and the second by April 24th.

Week 1	Introductory. James, 21-75; Jung, v-xiv
Week 2	Infancy and Pre-School. Moffat, 109-115; Jung, 3-23; Zen, Chap. One: "My Story and This Book"
Week 3	Childhood. Jung, 24-56; Moffat, 21-33
Week 4	Early Adolescence. Jung, 56-72; Moffat, 35-55
	Zen, Chap. 2, "Breathing and Speaking"
Week 5	Late Adolescence. Jung, 72-83; Moffat, 56-66
	FIRST EXAM
Week 6	Healthy-Mindedness. James, 76-111. Zorba the Greek, 1-154; Zen, Chap. 3, "Waking and Sleeping"
Week 7	The Sick Soul. James, 112-139; Zorba the Greek, 155-311
Week 8	Conversion. James, 76-111
	Zen, Chap. 4, "Moving and Staying"
Week 9	College Years. Jung, 84-113; Moffat, 67-74
	SECOND EXAM
Week 10	Young Adulthood. Jung, 114-169; Moffat, 79-108, 116-162; Zen, Chap. 5, "Eating and Drinking"
Week 11	Early Middle Years. Jung, 170-237; Moffat, 163-236; Zen, Chap. 6, "Playing and Working"
Week 12	Middle Years. Jung, 238-288; Moffat, 237-313
Week 13	Late Middle Years. Jung, 289-326; Moffat, 325-360; Zen, Chap. 7, "Caring and Loving"
Week 14	Old Age. Jung, 327-359; Moffat, 361-391; Zen, Chap. 8, "Thriving and Surviving"
	ALL JOURNALS DUE
	READING DAY
	FINAL EXAM