The Varieties of Religious Experience

A Study in Human Nature

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ID23401968
AuthorsWilliam H James (corresponding author), William James (0000-0002-3273-4688), CrossReach Publications
Year2011
Publication date2011-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Varieties of Religious Experience the Varieties of Religious Experience the Varieties of Religious Experience (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781139149822
OpenAlexW4294830138
Open LibraryOL34482196M
ISBN9781139149822
LanguageEN
Citations received87

The Gifford Lectures were established in 1885 at the universities of St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh to promote the discussion of 'Natural Theology in the widest sense of the term - in other words, the knowledge of God', and some of the world's most influential thinkers have delivered them. The 1901–2 lectures given in Edinburgh by American philosopher William James (1842–1910) are considered by many to be the greatest in the series. The lectures were published in book form in 1902 and have been reprinted many times. James, who was educated in the United States and Europe, and spent much of his career teaching philosophy at Harvard, was very influential in the development of modern psychology, and in these twenty lectures he explores the personal experience of religion. Some of the topics include religion and neurology, 'the sick soul', saintliness, and mysticism.

Epistemology · Mysticism · Natural (archaeology) · Natural Philosophy · Sociology · Soul · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · 11.06 psychology of religion · 291.4 · Bl53 .j36 1985 · Body, Mind & Spirit · Christianity · Conversation · Conversion · Conversion. 0 · Devotional · Empiricism · Experience (religion) · Expérience religieuse · General · Godsdienstpsychologie · Inspiration & Personal Growth · Moral and religious aspects · Nonfiction · Philosophie et religion · Philosophy & Religion · Philosophy and religion · Psychiatry and religion · Psychologie religieuse · Psychology · Psychology of religion · Religieuze ervaring · Religion · Religion (discipline) · Religion & Spirituality · Religion and Psychology · Religion: general · Religion. 0 · Religions · religious · Religious Experience · Religious Philosophies · Religious Psychology · Spirituality · William James (1842-1910)

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