Nietzsche, Religion, and Mood

How does Nietzsche, as psychologist, envision the future of religion and

atheism? While there has been no lack of “psychological” studies that

have sought to illuminate Nietzsche's philosophy of religion by

interpreting his biography, this monograph is the first comprehensive

study to approach the topic through the philosopher's own psychological

thinking. The author shows how Nietzsche's critical writings on religion,

and especially on religious decline and future possibilities, are ...