William James and a science of religions : reexperiencing The varieties of religious experience / Wayne Proudfoot, editor. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2004. - vii, 138 p. ; 24 cm. - Columbia series in science and religion . - Columbia series in science and religion. .

Includes bibliographical references.

"Damned for God's Glory": William James and the scientific vindication of the Protestant culture / David A. Hollinger -- Pragmatism and "an unseen order" in Varieties / Wayne Proudfoot -- The fragmentation of consciousness and The varieties of religious experience: William James's contribution to a theory of religion / Ann Taves -- James's Varieties and the "new" constructivism / Jerome Bruner -- Some inconsistencies in James's Varieties / Richard Rorty -- A pragmatist's progress: the varieties of James's strategies for defending religion / Philip Kitcher.

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James, William, 1842-1910 Varieties of religious experience.


Experience (Religion)
Psychology, Religious.
Religion.
Conversion.
The varieties of religious experience (William James)

BL 53.J363 / W55 2004