Saffady contends that the psychoanalytic study of religion has suffered because of failure to broaden its theoretical base to include more modern psychoanalytic knowledge. The early studies until the late 1950's tended to be based on the id and oedipal themes. At that time it began to be recognized that increased understanding could result if the base were broadened to include preoedipal themes and structural theory. The paper, in a series of very brief vignettes, reviews the recent literature and contains a bibliography of fifty-two entries.