The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature - Couverture souple

James, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140390340 ISBN 13 : 9780140390346

Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 1982

Synopsis

Standing at the crossroads of psychology and religion, this catalyzing work applied the scientific method to a field abounding in abstract theory. William James believed that individual religious experiences, rather than the precepts of organized religions, were the backbone of the world's religious life. His discussions of conversion, repentance, mysticism and saintliness, and his observations on actual, personal religious experiences - all support this thesis. In his introduction, Martin E. Marty discusses how James's pluralistic view of religion led to his remarkable tolerance of extreme forms of religious behaviour, his challenging, highly original theories, and his welcome lack of pretension in all of his observations on the individual and the divine.

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À propos de l'auteur

Older brother of novelist Henry James, William James (1842-1910) was a philosopher, psychologist, physiologist, and professor at Harvard. James has influenced such twentieth-century thinkers as Richard Rorty, Jurgen Habermans, Michel Foucault, and Julia Kristeva.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 1982
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140390340
• ISBN 13: 9780140390346
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 576
• Éditeur: Marty Martin E.
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