The Varieties of Religious Experience

A Study in Human Nature

William James

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Modern Library Inc
15 September 2002

Spirituality & religious experience

Series: Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time

The Varieties of Religious Experience was an immediate bestseller upon its publication

in June 1902. Reflecting the pluralistic views of psychologist turned philosopher

William James, it posits that individual religious experiences, rather than the tenets

of organized religions, form the backbone of religious life. James's discussion of

conversion, repentance, mysticism, and hope of reward and fears of punishment in

the hereafter-as well as his observations on the religious experiences of such diverse

thinkers as Voltaire, Emerson, Luther, and others-all support his thesis. Walter

Houston Clark in Psychology Today deemed it ""the most notable of all books in the

field of the psychology of religion.""

By: William James
Imprint: Modern Library Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 475g
ISBN: 9780679640110
ISBN 10: 0679640118
Series: Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books
Pages: 640
Publication Date: 15 September 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

William James (1842-1910), brother of writer Henry James, was born in New York and studied medicine at Harvard, where he taught from 1872; James continued on to write books and become one of the most renowned psychologist-philosophers in the Western world. His other famous works include Principles of Psychology (1890) and Pragmatism (1907).