The Varieties Of Religious Experience Gifford Lects 1901 1902
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The Varieties of Religious Experience
Author | : William James |
Publisher | : Modern Library |
Total Pages | : 558 |
Release | : 1902 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
"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] written on religion in the twentieth century," said Walter Houston Clark in Psychology Today. The book was an immediate bestseller upon its publication in June 1902. Reflecting the pluralistic views of psychologist-turned-philosopher William James, it posits that individual religious experiences, rather than the tenets of organized religions, form the backbone of religious life. James's discussion of conversion, repentance, mysticism, and hope of reward and fears of punishment in the hereafter--as well as his observations on the religious experiences of such diverse thinkers as Voltaire, Whitman, Emerson, Luther, Tolstoy, and others--all support his thesis. "James's characteristic humor, his ability to put down the pretentious and to be unpretentious, and his willingness to take some risks in his choices of ancedotal data or provocative theories are all apparent in the book," noted Professor Martin E. Marty. "A reader will come away with more reasons to raise new questions than to feel that old ones have been resolved."
The Varieties of Religious Experience
Author | : William James |
Publisher | : Hardpress Publishing |
Total Pages | : 562 |
Release | : 2013-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781314553369 |
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The Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature
Author | : William James |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2009-05-16 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9781442180628 |
William James seminal series of lectures, wherein he defines religion not as a dogma or church, but as an everyday spiritual experience, and as an elevated and enlightened state of mind achieveable, and experienced by, people of every faith, country, race and time. This book has become not only an important and vital investigation into the true nature of spiritual experience, but an important books on human psychology ever written.
The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)
Author | : William James |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2019-10-19 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781701065154 |
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is a book by Harvard University psychologist and philosopher William James. It comprises his edited Gifford Lectures on natural theology, which were delivered at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in 1901 and 1902. The lectures concerned the nature of religion and the neglect of science in the academic study of religion.Soon after its publication, Varieties entered the Western canon of psychology and philosophy and has remained in print for over a century.James later developed his philosophy of pragmatism. There are many overlapping ideas in Varieties and his 1907 book, Pragmatism