Religion and Lust
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A good fit for
- Scholars and students studying the history of sexual psychology and the history of the psychology of religion
- Readers interested in the history of Victorian thought
- Those who need a free English primary source for coursework
- Intellectual readers who enjoy critical reading of old texts
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- Readers seeking modern sex education or psychological guidance
- Those who find English reading difficult and need translation or annotation
- Those prone to take the conclusions of old works as scientific fact
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- Read the table of contents and conclusion first, then return to the argument to grasp the overall structure.
- Mark evidently outdated claims as you read and compare them with contemporary research.
- Read alongside textbooks on the psychology of religion or the history of sexology to avoid understanding it in isolation.
- Use the search function of the electronic edition to organize keywords and make thematic excerpts.
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About the author
James Weir, Jr. (1856–1906) was an American physician and writer who, beyond his medical practice, devoted himself to writing on the psychology of religion and on evolutionary themes. His book The Dawn of Reason; or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals turns its attention to lower animals and discusses how mental traits emerge along the evolutionary chain, while Religion and Lust approaches religious experience and human desire from a psychological angle. Because public sources are limited, details of his life, education, and career remain largely unknown. Judging from the two surviving works, he brought medical and psychological perspectives to cross-disciplinary subjects such as religion and animal behavior, writing in a style that is both speculative and accessible. Today his works are mentioned mainly as testimony to the late nineteenth-century American discussion of religious psychology and evolution.
