CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction. The Panacea Society and the Study of Religion

Chapter One. The Panacea Society’s Healing

Chapter Two. Sources of the Healing

Chapter Three. Understanding Religion

Chapter Four. The Healing and Other Movements I: Great Britain

Chapter Five. The Healing and Other Movements II: The United States, Jamaica, and Finland

Chapter Six. War and Anxiety

Chapter Seven. Religious Language and Metaphysics

Chapter Eight. Theories of Transcendence

Postscript. The End of the Healing

Appendices

Notes

Bibliography

Index