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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922. Excerpt: ... LECTURE IV PSYCHOLOGY AND SIN Before we begin to consider the bearing of modern psychology upon the idea of sin, it is well to remember that from apostolic days down to the present Christian teachers have availed themselves of current psychology in order to interpret the conflict of the spiritual life and the nature of sin. It is clear that an understanding of the way in which the mind works, and of the laws that govern mental and spiritual health, must be of service to religion. Such knowledge cannot of itself produce spiritual life, but it can guide our efforts in seeking it, and it can assist us to use the best methods in combating evil tendencies and desires. St. Paul, for instance, when he speaks of the 'flesh working against the spirit, ' is making use of the psychology of his day for purposes of practical religion. Tertullian, in his 'De Anima, ' quite unashamedly bases his teaching on psychology. So, too, St. Augustine's 'Confessions' is in part a psychological study of his own religious experiences. To-day we are getting a new psychology built up on strictly scientific lines. It differs from the older psychology, both in its methods and in collecting its material not only from introspection but from the observation of human conduct, including the conduct of savages and undeveloped races. Evidence is sought in the behaviour of animals and in the abnormal mental states of human beings. I say we are getting a new psychology; for we have not yet got it, or rather we have got so many and varied new psychologies that they cannot all be true. The confusion is increased by the fact that each writer tends to use technical phrases in a sense of his own. It is fashionable in certain quarters to argue that the new psychology has disproved the Christian doctrin...