A Political End to a Pioneering Career

Marianne Beth and the Psychology of Religion

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3446138
AutoresJacob A Belzen
Año2011
Volumen2
Número3
Páginas247-263
Fecha de publicación2011-07-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel2030247
OpenAlexW2046488574
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas16

Although forgotten in both Religionswissenschaft (the Science of Religion) and psychology, Marianne Beth (1880-1984), initially trained as a lawyer and already in 1928 called a "leading European woman", must be considered as one of the female pioneers of these fields. She has been active especially in the psychology of religion, a field in which she, together with her husband Karl Beth, founded a research institute, an international organization and a journal. In 1932, the Beths organized in Vienna (where Karl was a professor) the largest conference ever in the history of the psychology of religion. Because of her Jewish descent, Marianne Beth fled to the USA when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. This brought an abrupt end to her career as researcher and writer. The article reconstructs Marianne Beth's path into psychology, analyzes some of her work and puts her achievements in an international perspective

Career path · Management · Nazi Germany · Nazism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices