Varieties of Religious Experience : A Study in Human Nature.
by
James, William.
Title
:
Varieties of Religious Experience : A Study in Human Nature.
Author
:
James, William.
ISBN
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9781775565482
Personal Author
:
James, William.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (824 pages)
Contents
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Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Lecture I Religion and Neurology -- Lecture II Circumscription of the Topic -- Lecture III The Reality of the Unseen -- Lectures IV and V The Religion of Healthy Mindedness -- Lectures VI and VII The Sick Soul -- Lecture VIII The Divided Self, and the Process of Its Unification -- Lecture IX Conversion -- Lecture X Conversion- Concluded -- Lectures XI, XII, and XIII Saintliness -- Lectures XIV and XV The Value of Saintliness -- Lectures XVI and XVII Mysticism -- Lecture XVIII Philosophy -- Lecture XIX Other Characteristics -- Lecture XX Conclusions -- Postscript -- A Note on the Author of "The Varieties of Religious Experience" -- Endnotes.
Abstract
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Harvard psychologist and philosopher William James' The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature explores the nature of religion and, in James' observation, its divorce from science when studied academically. After publication in 1902 it quickly became a canonical text of philosophy and psychology, remaining in print through the entire century. "Scientific theories are organically conditioned just as much as religious emotions are; and if we only knew the...
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
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Conversion.
Philosophy and religion.
Psychology.
Religion.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1200121-1001 | BR110 -- .J364 1902 EB | Ebrary E-Books |