1st Edition

The Varieties of Religious Experience A Study In Human Nature

By William James Copyright 2008
432 Pages
by Routledge

432 Pages
by Routledge

432 Pages
by Routledge

'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... Read more
Foreword to the Centenary Edition by Micky James Editors Preface by Eugene Taylor and Jeremy Carrette Introduction by Eugene Taylor: The Spiritual Roots of James's Varieties of Religious Experience Introduction by Jeremy Carrette: The Return to James: Psychology, Religion and the Amnesia of Neuroscience Preface from the 1902 Edition, THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE BY WILLIAM JAMES, Index.

Biography

William James (1842-1910). Born in New York, a brother to the novelist Henry James, William James was a founder of American experimental psychology and of the pragmatic school of philosophy.