TheBestseller
Observatory
1943
ON BEING A REAL PERSON
Harry Emerson Fosdick

ON BEING A REAL PERSON

by Harry Emerson Fosdick

Harper · 1943

Peak rank

#2

Weeks on list

15

Debuted

March 1943

Chart History

#1510151943
dashed = off the list

15 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list, peaking at #2

"In the popular mind, Dr. Fosdick stands as a great American preacher and pastor of Riverside Church, New York. What is generally unknown—and what makes this volume so exciting—is that for twenty years he has been consulted by thousands of persons, concerned by thousands of persons, concerned with problems that for the most part have no relation whatever to religion. Thousands more have written to him for help on all sorts of personal problems as a result of his fifteen years of week-by-week broadcasts. Now out of this vast experience comes this book, unquestionably of greater appeal to the general reader than anything Dr. Fosdick has written. While it promises no short, easy road to personal well-being, this book will help any intelligent person to get a better hold on himself. It shows how best to deal with fear and anxiety, how to master depression and how to handle one's "mischievous conscience." The book starts with a clear, fresh discussion of how a person can and must learn to accept himself as he is. An honest appraisal of personal strength and weakness leads to an understanding of what one may do to improve his methods of getting along with himself and with other people. The book closes with an equally clear and practical discussion of what Dr. Fosdick calls "The Principle of Released Power." Here is help on what man wants most to know: How may I draw strength from those spiritual forces which will give more meaning to my life and more power to carry it through?"-Publisher.

All Appearances

3May 3, 1943wk 7
3May 10, 1943wk 8
3May 17, 1943wk 9
2↑1May 24, 1943wk 10
3↓1May 31, 1943wk 11
3June 7, 1943wk 12

Details

Published
1943
Pages
324
Publisher
Harper
Categories
Pastoral psychology

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