Title: Heaven's champion : William James's philosophy of religion /
Authors: Suckiel, Ellen Kappy
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: James, William, Religion.; Religion Philosophy; Pragmatism
Abstract: ""It is no surprise that William James's philosophy continues to draw creative and critical interpretations. Ellen Kappy Suckiel's is another such reading, but one that is neither narrowly analytic nor obtusely continental in its philosophical approach. It is fair-minded, well-documented, and sprinkled with important insights and connections to other current philosophical approaches to religion." -The Journal of Religion" --
Contents: 1. Introductions -- 2. The challenge to religion -- 3. Preconceptual knowledge -- 4. The cognitive value of feelings -- 5. Truth in religion -- 6. The moral significance of religious belief -- 7. The empirical implications of God's existence.