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The Varieties of Religious Experience
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 555

The Varieties of Religious Experience

William James' Gifford Lectures of 1901-2, published in book form in 1902, explore the theme of personal religious experience.

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 275

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature

The Best Nonfiction Masterpiece of the 20th Century? “There are two lives, the natural and the spiritual, and we must lose the one before we can participate in the other.” - William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is not a book about a specific religion. The author, psychologist Williams James does not try to convince the reader one religion is better than the other. He doesn’t even make a case for atheism and the scientific approach. The book is in fact about human nature and how we experience religion at a psychological level. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

Religious Experience Reconsidered
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 230

Religious Experience Reconsidered

Annotation Ann Taves addresses the subject of religious experience directly and the problems of reductionism and humanistic fears of the sciences indirectly and by example. The orientation of this book is practical more than philosophical.

Women's Religious Experience (RLE Women and Religion)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 245

Women's Religious Experience (RLE Women and Religion)

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-10-03
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Most of the early literature concerning women’s religious experience is about exceptional women; those who diverged from the traditional female role to become nuns, mystics or charismatic leaders. While women were permitted to be prophets and visionaries they rarely played an important part in church organisation. This paradox is explored in this book and a number of themes emerge: in particular, the dominance of male symbolism within the great religions. The question of whether men and women apprehend religious systems and signs in the same way is also explored. In considering the contemporary scene, the book is able to look at the ways in which religion affects the lives of women in different societies and in different historical periods; this gives us a larger view of the ways in which our own perceptions of ‘femaleness’ have been constructed out of the religious world views of both the past and the present. First Published in 1983.

Religious Experience
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

Religious Experience

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-09-11
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Many regard religious experience as the essence of religion, arguing that narratives might be created and rituals invented but that these are always secondary to the original experience itself. However, the concept of "experience" has come under increasing fire from a range of critics and theorists. This Reader presents writings from both those who assume the existence and possible universality of religious experience and those who question the very rhetoric of "experience". Bringing together both classic and contemporary writings, the Reader showcases differing disciplinary approaches to the study of religious experience: philosophy, literary and cultural theory, history, psychology, anthro...

Religious Experience
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 73

Religious Experience

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1972-06-18
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  • Publisher: Springer

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The Varieties of Religious Experience
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 652

The Varieties of Religious Experience

"Being the Gifford lectures on natural religion delivered at Edinburgh in 1901-1902."

Religious Experience
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 264

Religious Experience

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-09-11
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Many regard religious experience as the essence of religion, arguing that narratives might be created and rituals invented but that these are always secondary to the original experience itself. However, the concept of "experience" has come under increasing fire from a range of critics and theorists. This Reader presents writings from both those who assume the existence and possible universality of religious experience and those who question the very rhetoric of "experience". Bringing together both classic and contemporary writings, the Reader showcases differing disciplinary approaches to the study of religious experience: philosophy, literary and cultural theory, history, psychology, anthro...

The Study of Religious Experience
  • Language: en

The Study of Religious Experience

The renowned scientist Sir Alister Hardy approached the complex field of religious and spiritual experience in a similar disciplined and scientific manner in which he approached natural science. Asking people from the public to send him accounts of first-hand experiences with spiritual or religious powers, he established the Religious Experience Research Centre that has remained at the forefront of the academic study of religious experiences. This book will take his work forward and show how to study religious and spiritual experiences in the 21st century. The Study of Religious Experience aims to show how a range of disciplines - including anthropology, philosophy, religious studies, theology, biblical studies and history - approach the topic of religious experience, how this approach is applied and what contributions they make to the study of religious experience.

Handbook of Religious Experience
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 661

Handbook of Religious Experience

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1995
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  • Publisher: Unknown

HANDBOOK OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE is generally recognized as the classic book on the psychology of religious experience. It is the gold standard against which other books in this field are measured. This monumental volume examines in great breadth and depth the nature, roots, ecology, expressions, explanations, and facilitational modes of religious experience. Ultimately, religious experience is central since it is the source, context, and validation of all religion, all religious activities, and all theories of religion. Scripture and sacrament are basically religious experiences. Religious experience is basically the encounter with God in its highest form.