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The Varieties of Religious Experience
By William JamesLength16h 57m
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First published in 1902, "The Varieties of Religious Experience" by William James, a psychologist and philosopher who taught at Harvard, contains, in edited form, a series of natural theology lectures called the Gifford Lectures which he delivered at the University of Edinburgh in the two years leading up to its publication.
The lectures argue about the nature of religion and the tendency of modern religious studies to ignore the importance of science in their research. The lectures, immediately acclaimed, are considered part of the Western canon. The lectures also contain hints of James’s developing notion of pragmatism, which he later synthesised in his 1907 book, "Pragmatism".
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GenreSpirituality and Religion, Philosophy, Self-Help
Length16 hrs 57 mins
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Publish dateJun 9, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
2Lecture 1: Religion And Neurology
3Lecture 2: Circumscription Of The Topic
4Lecture 3: The Reality Of The Unseen
5Lectures 4 & 5: The Religion Of Healthy-Mindedness
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6Lectures 6 & 7: The Sick Soul
7Lecture 8: The Divided Self, And The Process Of Its Unification
8Lecture 9: Conversion
9Lecture 10: Conversion-Concluded
10Lectures 11, 12 & 13: Saintliness
11Lectures 14 & 15: The Value Of Saintliness
12Lectures 16 & 17: Mysticism
13Lecture 18: Philosophy
14Lecture 19: Other Characteristics
15Lecture 20: Conclusions
16Postscript