The Varieties of Religious Experience
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The Varieties of Religious Experience

A Study In Human Nature

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eBook - ePub

The Varieties of Religious Experience

A Study In Human Nature

About this book

'Is life worth living? Yes, a thousand times yes when the world still holds such spirits as Professor James.' - Gertrude Stein

A classic of American thought, William James' The Varieties of Religious Experience is an extraordinary study of human spirituality in all its forms and one of the most profound works of Psychology ever written. When the book was published in 1902 the study of the human mind was a thrillingly new field of scientific enquiry: James was one of the first to seriously examine the psychology of religious faith and where he led, both Jung and Freud would follow. Yet for all its historical significance, this is a book full of humanity, wit and some deeply personal stories of revelation, religious devotion and mystical experience.

The Routledge Classics edition of The Varieties of Religious Experience makes available in paperback for the first time the Centenary Edition published by Routledge in 2002 with new introductions on the historical and contemporary significance of James' work and a foreword by the author's grandson, Micky James.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781136605901
Edition
1
Subtopic
Sociology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. The Varieties of Religious Experience
  3. Full Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Editors' Preface
  8. Introduction: Section One
  9. Introduction: Section Two
  10. Lecture I Religion and Neurology
  11. Lecture II Circumscription of the Topic
  12. Lecture III The Reality of the Unseen
  13. Lectures IV and V The Religion of Healthy-mindedness
  14. Lecture VI and VII The Sick Soul
  15. Lecture VIII The Divided Self, and the Process of its Unification
  16. Lecture IX Conversion
  17. Lecture X Conversion concluded
  18. Lectures XI, XII, and XIII Saintliness
  19. Lectures XIV and XV The Value of Saintliness
  20. Lectures XVI and XVII Mysticism
  21. Lectures XVIII Philosophy
  22. Lecture XIX Other Characteristics
  23. Lecture XX Conclusions
  24. Postscript
  25. Index