A Study in Human Nature William James Martin E. Marty ... In my last lecture I quoted to you the ultra-radical opinion of Mr. Havelock Ellis, that laughter of any sort may be considered a religious exercise, for it bears witness to the ...
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is a book by Harvard University psychologist and philosopher William James.
Harvard psychologist and philosopher William James' The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature explores the nature of religion and, in James' observation, its divorce from science when studied academically.
"Being the Gifford lectures on natural religion delivered at Edinburgh in 1901-1902." “the most notable of all books in the field of the psychology of religion.”
... and the joyous conviction was given me that nothing more was to be done , save to fall on my knees , to accept this Saviour and his love , to praise God forever . ” Autobiography of Hudson Taylor . I translate back into English from ...
The book remains the best introduction to James's thought, demonstrating his characteristic insistence upon the importance of personal experience and his almost devotional respect for the mysteries of the human mind.
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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.
In The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature, Dr. William James takes aim at the nature of religion from a scientific/academic point of view-something that had, until this landmark work, been sorely missed.
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"The Varieties of Religious Experience" comprises James' edited Gifford Lectures on natural theology, which were delivered at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in 1901 and 1902.
The book remains the best introduction to James's thought, demonstrating his characteristic insistence upon the importance of personal experience and his almost devotional respect for the mysteries of the human mind.
"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]...
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William James published his classic work on the psychology of religion, "The Varieties of Religious Experience", in 1902.
The Varieties of Religious Experience is a religious study that would have never have been written had I not been honored with an appointment as Gifford Lecturer on Natural Religion at the University of Edinburgh.
There can be no doubt that as a matter of fact a religious life, exclusively pursued, does tend to make the person exceptional and eccentric.
That volume is joined in the series by a companion volume, number 58, William James: Writings 1878-1899.
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,...
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature