In evaluating this brief essay one must bear in mind the occasion for which it was prepared, namely, a joint conference of clergymen, psychiatrists and social workers. Dr. Ginsburg, it would seem, was restricted by the proprieties which such joint endeavors demand. As a result, the main ideas which he advances—that there need be no conflict between religion and psychiatry because both have certain goals in common and that childhood religious observances may facilitate desirable identifications—may seem superficial and unconvincing to the psychoanalyst who seeks a deeper understanding of the dynamic interplay between religion and psychology. By generalizing in terms of 'the religious attitude' instead of discussing