Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences is a 1964 book about psychology by Abraham Maslow.

Maslow addressed the motivational significance of peak experiences in a series of lectures in the early 1960s, and later published these ideas in book form.

[1] In contrast with the preoccupation of Freudian psychopathology, Maslow insisted on a "psychology of the higher life" which was to attend to the question "of what the human being should grow toward.

"[2] In his work, Maslow described the experience of one's life as meaningful as being based on a feeling of fulfillment and significance.

[4] Maslow hypothesized a negative relationship between adherence to conventional religious beliefs and the ability to experience peak moments.