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Newly revised by the author (1956), this text-book for beginning students is also designed for general readers who want to know what economics is and how economists think.

"The author presents in his new book a challenging theory of the psycho-sociological foundation of societal life. It is his conviction that the pattern of thought, which we call superstitious or magical, plays not only a retarding role in history, it is at the same time the indispensable motor of society. Magical thinking is directed by the medicine man today, just as it was ten thousand years ago. It is the mission of the medicine men to create the faith in the "political truth." Applying his findings to our pressing socio-political problems, the author comes to the conclusion, that, unfortunately, we do not have a great fascinating magic strong enough for our gigantic tasks. It is his hope that our religious and secular philosophers will be able to create a new faith, a "Mythos of the American Century," that will outstrip our dangerous competitors, the Communist medicine men. All those who are interested in our national future will find here some ideas outside the trodden path of our conventional philosophies worth pondering over"--Cover. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved).

"This book deals with the sociology of rural life, emphasizing the analysis of social institutions in the rural environment and the various forms of social interaction among rural groups. Part I consists of a review (Chapter 1) and a preview (Chapter 2). Part II deals with the problem of human adjustment to physical environment, an especially critical matter for farm people. Part III deals with population trends, characteristics, and movement. The section on population is deliberately shortened, not because the author does not consider the topic important, but because more extended treatment is not justified in a beginning course. Much of the population data ordinarily treated in separate chapters is discussed in the book in such chapters as the family, school, church, and other institutions. Ethnic data are considered somewhat in the chapter on assimilation. However, the teacher who wishes to do so may supplement and expand the population material by outside reading. Following the treatment of the role of physical environment in rural society, and the characteristics of the population, there is in Part IV a series of chapters dealing with the basic forms of social interaction, or the social processes. Finally, in Part V is the analysis of the basic institutions of rural society"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)

"Historically, the cure of souls has been the distinctive task of the church and its ministry. Today, however, dynamic medical psychology is ministering so effectively to sick souls that many religious leaders are aware of a need for rigorous self-criticism. This study re-examines Christian ideas of self-acceptance, ideas of the way man should look at himself, of the way he should accept himself and his relation to others, of the manner in which he should treat himself--all in the light of modern psychotherapy's discovery of the role of self-acceptance in spiritual well-being. From a psychotherapeutic viewpoint three great historical pathways to self-acceptance can be distinguished within Christianity, Each stresses different values and has distinctive strengths and weaknesses for mental health. Each pathway is analyzed in this study, defined as 1) the self-rejectionist, 2) the forensic, and 3) the meliorist. The author presents both the theological doctrine behind each view of the self, and the actual steps to self-acceptance advocated by each. He then devotes a chapter to a psychotherapeutic view of self-acceptance, illustrated by seven case histories from dynamic psychology of particular relevance to Christian theory. Finally, he evaluates the three pathways, points out positive and negative elements common to all three, and relates the whole to the findings of psychology. Christianity's representatives, he concludes, may regain their respected place in the eyes of the spiritually needy only if they assimilate some of the healing knowledge unearthed by their secular brethren. Members of all religious groups will find here a challenge they cannot ignore"--Jacket. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).