The Varieties of Religious Experience

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature - William James

Reducere. "The Varieties of Religious Experience" is William James's philosophical and psychological examination of the nature of religion in human civilizat...

DescriptionUpon completing the monumental The Principles of Psychology, William James turned his attention to serious consideration of such importa...

Reducere. DescriptionWilliam James (January 11, 1842 - August 27, 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psych...

Reducere. The Varieties of Religious Experience came about as the result of William James' legendary lecture series at The University of Edinburgh. In this s...

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Is faith simply a form of wishful thinking? Is belief in God merely a consoling illusion? So argued Sigmund Freud in The Future of an Illusion. And...