Proposing religious experience as a legitimate subject for scientific investigation, Maslow studies the human need for spiritual expression.

Proposing religious experience as a legitimate subject for scientific investigation, Maslow studies the human need for spiritual expression.

About the Author

Abraham H. Maslowtaught at Brooklyn College and the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute, and was Chairman of the Department of Psychology at Brandeis University. From 1967 to 1968 he was Preseident of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Maslow was one of the foremost spokesmen of the humanistic, or "Third Force," psychologies, and author of many books and articles, includingToward a Psychology of Being,The Psychology of Science, andReligions, Values, and Peak-Experiences .