Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
The Psychology of Prayer
Bernard Spilka · 2012
80/100
👍 Worth It
A rigorous, balanced survey of three decades of social-scientific research on prayer — rare in that it takes the subject seriously without either dismissing or promoting it. Best suited to scholars, clinicians, and seminary students willing to work through dense academic prose. A genuinely valuable reference for its intended audience.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
📚 Buy the book ↗📱 Read on Kindle ↗🎧 Listen on Audible ↗ affiliate links · support the site, never the verdict
As an Amazon Associate and Audible affiliate, Penny earns from qualifying purchases. This never affects the verdict — see our affiliate disclosure.
Show the math
Verdict receipt0–100
safety95
substance88
craft62
originality78
accuracy88
hype85
age-fit80
human-eye78
Penny’s verdict80
Cross-pollinate