"The Varieties of Religious Experience is certainly the most notable of all books in the field of the psychology of religion and probably destined to be the most influential [one]...
Skobeleff, Mikhail 206 Smith, Hannah Whitall 224 Smith, Joseph 363, 365-6 smoking 175, 209-10, 225-6 softening of the heart 208 ... 320-1 Swedenborg, Emanuel 157, 365 Swinburne, Algernon Charles 321 Symonds, John Addington 294-5, 298-9, ...
William James believed that individual religious experiences, rather than the precepts of organized religions, were the backbone of the world's religious life. His discussions of conversion, repentance, mysticism and saintliness,...
Lucid, readable, and dense with ideas that promise to transform current debates about religion and secularism, Varieties of Religion Today is much more than a revisiting of James's classic.
Soon after its publication, the book entered the canon of psychology and philosophy, and has remained in print for over a century.
Soon after its publication, the book found its way into the canon of psychology and philosophy, and has remained in print for over a century. James was most interested in direct religious experiences.
As the only critical work dedicated to the cross-disciplinary influence of The Varieties of Religious Experience, this book testifies to William James's genius and ongoing legacy.
" Originally presented at the centennial celebration of the famous Gifford Lectures in Scotland in 1985 but never published, this book offers a unique encounter with one of the most remarkable minds of the twentieth century.
That volume is joined in the series by a companion volume, number 58, William James: Writings 1878-1899.
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is a book by Harvard University psychologist and philosopher William James.