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16 Strivings for God: The New Psychology of Religious Experiences, Steven Reiss. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2015.
Summary: A new psychology of religious experience that argues that religions enjoy such a wide embrace because they offer repeated opportunities to satisfy sixteen basic motivations or “strivings†common to all human beings.