The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study In Human Nature

by William James

Overview

This is the celebratory centenary edition of this classic work, available in paperback for the first time in the Routledge Classics series

A classic scientific exploration of religious belief and a major work of twentieth century psychology

An essential purchase for readers of such recent titles as Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion

Supported by the simultaneous release of two other titles from C.G. Jung on religion and mysticism: Psychology and the Occult and Psychology and the East

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136605901
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/26/2012
Series:	Routledge Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
File size:	720 KB

About the Author

William James (1842-1910). Born in New York, a brother to the novelist Henry James, William James was a founder of American experimental psychology and of the pragmatic school of philosophy.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Centenary Edition by Micky James Editors Preface by Eugene Taylor and Jeremy Carrette Introduction by Eugene Taylor: The Spiritual Roots of James's Varieties of Religious Experience Introduction by Jeremy Carrette: The Return to James: Psychology, Religion and the Amnesia of Neuroscience Preface from the 1902 Edition, THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE BY WILLIAM JAMES, Index.