Raymond Prince and the R. M. Bucke memorial society for the study of religious experience.
Goffredo Bartocci, Giovanni Giacomo Rovera, Nicola Lalli, Micol Ascoli
Transcultural Psychiatry December 1, 2006 DOI: 10.1177/1363461506070786 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that the R. M. Bucke Memorial Society was among the first scientific societies to investigate religious experiences of interest to psychiatry. |
Abstract
The study of the relationship between psychiatry and religion has become an issue of increasing importance for both research and clinical practice. This article presents the history of the R. M. Bucke Memorial Society for the Study of Religious Experience, established by Raymond Prince in Montréal in 1964 as one of the first scientific societies whose aim was to investigate those characteristics of religious experience of interest to psychiatry. It also describes some of Prince's own studies on religious experience.