Title: William James and "The varieties of religious experience" : a centenary celebration /
Authors: Carrette, Jeremy R.; Lamberth, David C.; Lamberth, David C.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2005
Subjects: James, William,; Psychology, Religious.; Philosophy and religion.; Religion Philosophy; Experience (Religion)
Abstract: "William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience was an intellectual landmark, paving the way for current study of psychology, philosophy and religious studies. In this new companion to the Varieties, key international experts provide contemporary responses to James's book, exploring its seminal historical importance and its modern significance. Locating the Varieties within the context of James's other works and exploring James's views on psychology, mysticism, religious experience, emotion and truth, the sixteen articles offer new analyses of the Varieties from the perspectives of postcolonial theory, history, social theory and philosophy."--Jacket.
Contents: Section I: James and the history of psychology -- Metaphysics and consciousness in James's varieties : a centenary lecture / Eugene Taylor -- Psychologies as ontology-making practices : William James and the pluralities of psychological experience / Sonu Shamdasani -- Section II: James, psychology and religion -- Listening to James a century later : the varieties as a resource for renewing the psychology of religion / David Wulff -- The varieties, the principles and psychology of religion : unremitting inspiration from a different source / Jacob A. Belzen -- Passionate belief : William James, emotion and religious experience / Jeremy Carrette -- Section III: James and mysticism -- For an engaged reading : William James and the varieties of postmodern religious experience / Grace Jantzen -- Asian religions and mysticism : the legacy of William James in the history of religions / Richard King -- James and Freud on mysticism / Robert Segal -- Mystical assessments : Jamesian reflections on spiritual judgements / G. William Barnard -- Section IV: James and philosophy -- Varieties of experience and pluralities of perspectives / Ruth Anna Putnam -- The ecumenicalism of William James / Richard Gale -- James on truth (again) / Hilary Putnam -- Pragmatism and religious belief in William James / Graham Bird -- William James as a religious realist / T.L.S. Sprigge -- James' rationality and its religious extremum in the light of the concept of pure experience / Michel Weber -- James and the question of truth : a response to Hilary Putnam / David C. Lamberth -- Conclusion: experience and the value of religion-- overview and analysis / David C. Lamberth.