![]() ![]() ![]() Join us as we work through these lectures, with online seminars taking place about one month apart. He also considers the possibility of over-beliefs, beliefs which are not strictly justified by reason but which might understandably be held by educated people nonetheless, and had relatively little interest in the legitimacy or illegitimacy of religious experiences. James concludes that religion is overall beneficial to humankind, although acknowledges that this does not establish its truth. The lectures concern the psychological study of individual private religious experiences and mysticism, and use a range of examples to identify commonalities in religious experiences across traditions. Plotting the course of the journey that led William James to write The Varieties of Religious Experience in 1902 is a complicated matter. It comprises his edited Gifford Lectures (20 in total) on natural theology, which were delivered at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland between 19. And William James himself became a 'traveler' both spiritually and vocationally. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is a book by Harvard University psychologist and philosopher William James. The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, and bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have all been flown for religious ideals.” The best fruits of the religious experience are the best things history has to offer. ![]()
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