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The Varieties of Religious Experience - Oxford World's Classics (Paperback)
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The Varieties of Religious Experience - Oxford World's Classics (Paperback)

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Published: 14/06/2012
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'By their fruits ye shall know them, not by their roots.'

The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) is William James's classic survey of religious belief in its most personal, and often its most heterodox, aspects. Asking questions such as how we define evil to ourselves, the difference between a healthy and a divided mind, the value of saintly behaviour, and what animates and characterizes the mental landscape of sudden conversion, James's masterpiece stands at a unique moment in the relationship between belief and culture. Faith in institutional religion and dogmatic theology was fading away, and the search for an authentic religion rooted in personality and subjectivity was a project conducted as an urgent necessity. With psychological insight, philosophical rigour, and a determination not to jump to the conclusion that in tracing religion's mental causes we necessarily diminish its truth or value, in the Varieties James wrote a truly foundational text for modern belief.

Matthew Bradley's wide-ranging new edition examines the ideas that continue to fuel modern debates on atheism and faith.

ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199691647
Number of pages: 480
Weight: 331 g
Dimensions: 195 x 131 x 22 mm


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One of the seminal works of philosophy and theology. - Catholic Herald

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