Religion is a powerful force in the lives of many individuals that fosters pro-social and anti-social behaviour. Psychology needs to take this topic seriously in order to understand the personal, cognitive, and social dynamics of the complex human behaviour that is called religious behaviour. The first papers on psychology and religion where published about one hundred year ago. One Hundred Years of Psychology and Religion evaluates the accumulation of a century of knowledge. It offers a rich sampling of research from a broad range of perspectives. The book devotes separate sections to: theory and history, emotion and cognition, education and development, socials factors and pastoral care.