"The problem I have set myself is a hard one: first, to defend...'experience' against 'philosophy' as being the real backbone of the world's religious life...and second, to make the hearer or reader believe what I myself invincibly do believe, that, although all the special manifestations of religion may have been absurd (I mean its creeds and theories), yet the life of it as a whole is mankind's most important function."
Drawing evidence from his own experience and from such diverse thinkers as Voltaire, Whitman, Emerson, Luther, Tolstoy, John Bunyan, and Jonathan Edwards, "The Varieties of Religious Experience" remains one of the most influential books ever written on the psychology of religion.
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"The problem I have set myself is a hard one: first, to defend...'experience' against 'philosophy' as being the real backbone of the world's religious life...and second, to make the hearer or reader believe what I myself invincibly do believe, that, although all the special manifestations of religion may have been absurd (I mean its creeds and theories), yet the life of it as a whole is mankind's most important function."
Drawing evidence from his own experience and from such diverse thinkers as Voltaire, Whitman, Emerson, Luther, Tolstoy, John Bunyan, and Jonathan Edwards, "The Varieties of Religious Experience" remains one of the most influential books ever written on the psychology of religion.
Imprint | Touchstone Books |
Country of origin | Australia |
Release date | May 2004 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | May 2004 |
Authors | William James |
Dimensions | 211 x 141 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 398 |
Edition | Touchstone ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7432-5787-9 |
Barcode | 9780743257879 |
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LSN | 0-7432-5787-1 |