A Political End to a Pioneering Career Marianne Beth and the Psychology of Religion.docVIP

Religions 2011, 2, 247-263; doi:10.3390/rel2030247 OPEN ACCESS religions ISSN 2077-1444 /journal/religions Article A Political End to a Pioneering Career: Marianne Beth and the Psychology of Religion Jacob A. Belzen University of Amsterdam, Oude Turfmarkt 147, NL-1012 GC Amsterdam, The Netherlands; E-Mail: belzen@hum.uva.nl Received: 3 June 2011; in revised form: 23 June 2011 / Accepted: 5 July 2011 / Published: 6 July 2011 Abstract: Although forgotten in both Religionswissenschaft (the Science of Religion) and psychology, Marianne Beth (1880-1984), initially trained as a lawyer and alr