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When religion now appears in psychological research, it is usually relegated to the position of either the object of psychological investigation (which psychology purports to \u201cexplain\u201d) or a static piece in the empirical puzzle (as one variable among many when explaining clinical or social outcomes). In either case, religion is generally no longer seen as an equal partner to the social sciences in our attempts to better\u00a0understand of the human condition. However, there are and have been voices within psychology that see this as unnecessarily myopic. James Jackson Putnam (1846\u20131918), an early supporter of the emerging field of psychoanalysis, advocated that psychology take seriously philosophy, metaphysics, and religion. Putnam\u2019s objections to the narrowing of our view of human life in the spirit of scientism fell largely on deaf ears, and his call for psychology to include that which lies beyond the walls of empirical naturalism and reductionism remains relevant today. In as far as theoretical innovation in psychology is more of a creative recognition than true scientific discovery, philosophy and religion constitute tremendously rich, and unfortunately underappreciated, fonts of inspiration. Putnam saw in religion the \u201cdim recognition\u201d of \u201cthe creative spirit of the universe.\u201d We briefly reflect on the example of obsessive\u2013compulsive disorder and the much older religious concept of scruples, including approaches to mindfulness. 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