![]() ![]() 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. His discussions of conversion, repentance, mysticism and saintliness, and his observations on actual, personal religious experiences - all support this thesis. William James believed that individual religious experiences, rather than the precepts of organized religions, were the backbone of the world's religious life. The author, psychologist Williams James does not try. Standing at the crossroads of psychology and religion, this catalyzing work applied the scientific method to a field abounding in abstract theory. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is not a book about a specific religion. Marty Suggestions for Further Reading A Note on the Text The Varieties of Religious Experience. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxx) and index Contents ![]()
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