The Varieties of Religious Experience - Softcover

James, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1602067279 ISBN 13: 9781602067271

Verlag: Cosimo Classics, 2007

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First published in 1905, The Varieties of Religious Experience is a collection of lectures given at the University of Edinburgh in 1901 and 1902. William James was a psychologist, and as such, his interest in religion was not that of a theologian but of a scientist. In these twenty lectures, he discusses the nature and origin of religious belief. The average believer is one who has inherited his religion, but this will not do for James's inquiry. He must find those believers who have a voracious religious faith, because these people have also often experienced a number of peculiar psychological episodes, including having visions, hearing voices, and falling into trances. Students of psychology and those interested in the mental process of belief will find these lectures informative. American psychologist and philosopher WILLIAM JAMES (1842-1910), brother of novelist Henry James, was a groundbreaking researcher at Harvard University and one of the most popular thinkers of the 19th century. Among his many works are Principles of Psychology (1890) and Human Immortality (1898).

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• Verlag: Cosimo Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1602067279
• ISBN 13: 9781602067271
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 520