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The Varieties of Religious Experience

by William James
John Pruden
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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.

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  • Release date

    March 14, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781452621203
      • File size: 548264 KB
      • Duration: 19:02:12

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1360
    • Text Difficulty: 11-12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      A peaceful soul in concert with a healthy body advances joy, which is the purpose of life. That is William James's message, highly synthesized, of course. Sound like new age spiritualism? Lectures the psychologist delivered in 1901 and 1902 are the basis for this program; however, there are no titles or introductory remarks. While Eric Bauersfeld's articulate delivery conveys wisdom and scholarship, the highly abridged presentation simply does not do justice to the author's work. James's philosophical and psychological ideas are too complex to present on two cassettes. D.W.K. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1360
  • Text Difficulty:11-12

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