We shall now turn to William James and pragmatism. James applied the pragmatic method to the epistemological prob lem of truth. A theological idea has pragmatic truth when it contains value for concrete life. Its r elation to the other truths contribute to how much more true they are. Truth is generally defined and accepted as a property of certainty in our ideas.
Truth denotes the agreement of our ideaswith reality.
A point of dissension with pragmatists arises when intellectuals make the assumption that truth in essence signifies an inert static relation. Pragmatists, concerned with the concrete value of truth realization, hold that an idea is made true by events, processes of verification that do not lead to impediment or contradiction. James goes on to introduce his conception of possibilities and apply it to religious claims. He states that the eminent religious divergence exists between those who are convinced that the world inevitably must be saved, and those who believe that it may possibly be saved. James applies this concept t o the salvation of the world.