William James and a Science of Religions
Subtitle: Reexperiencing the Varieties of Religious Experience (Columbia Series in Science and Religion)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: December 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9780231132053
Subjects: Religion & Science; 1842-1910; Experience (Religion); James, William,; Psychology, Religious; Varieties of religious experie; Religion
First sentence: When William James died in 1910, his lifelong friend, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., remarked that when James dealt with religion, he had tried "to turn the lights down low so as to give miracle a chance."