The "science of religion" is an important element in the interpretation of William James's work and in the methodology of the study of religion. An authority on pragmatism and the philosophy of religion, Wayne Proudfoot and a stellar group of contributors from a variety of disciplines including religion, philosophy, psychology, and history, bring innovative perspectives to James's work. Each contributor focuses on a specific theme in The Varieties of Religious Experience and suggests how James's treatment of that theme can fruitfully be brought to bear, sometimes with revisions or extensions, on current debate about religious experience.
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William James is honored in this volume of critical essays celebrating the importance and impact of The Varieties of Religious Experience.
(vol. 41 2005)His admirers are always inspired... to contribute to the larger whole by putting their highest... and most profound thoughts forward.
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This book is indispensable for anyone who wants to keep abreast of the best recent work on William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience. The contributors could hardly be more eminent, and the essays they have written for this volume could hardly be more thoughtful and provocative.
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When William James died in 1910, his lifelong friend, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., remarked that when James dealt with religion, he had tried "to turn the lights down low so as to give miracle a chance." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
secondary selves, subliminal consciousness, religious hypothesis, unseen order, wider self, secondary self, subliminal self, mystical states Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
William James, The Will, Clifford's Principle, Harvard University Press, New York, Wayne Proudfoot, Pierre Janet, Pragmatist's Progress, Richard Rorty, Ann Taves, James's Varieties, George Fox, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Alfred Binet, Allen Wood, Cambridge University Press, Edmund Gurney, Frederick Myers, Alan Gauld, Charles Peirce, David Lamberth, Eugene Taylor, French Experiments, Harvard Theological Review New!
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When William James died in 1910, his lifelong friend, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., remarked that when James dealt with religion, he had tried "to turn the lights down low so as to give miracle a chance." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
secondary selves, subliminal consciousness, religious hypothesis, unseen order, wider self, secondary self, subliminal self, mystical states Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
William James, The Will, Clifford's Principle, Harvard University Press, New York, Wayne Proudfoot, Pierre Janet, Pragmatist's Progress, Richard Rorty, Ann Taves, James's Varieties, George Fox, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Alfred Binet, Allen Wood, Cambridge University Press, Edmund Gurney, Frederick Myers, Alan Gauld, Charles Peirce, David Lamberth, Eugene Taylor, French Experiments, Harvard Theological Review New!
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- The Will to Believe (Works of William James) by William James on 33 pages
- The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James on 22 pages
- Religious Experience by Wayne Proudfoot on 7 pages
- The Principles of Psychology, Vol. 1 by William James on 7 pages
- William James : Writings 1878-1899 : Psychology, Briefer Course / The Will to Believe / Talks to Teachers and Students / Essays (Library of America) by William James on 7 pages
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