Varieties of Religious Experience

Author(s)

• William James

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is a book by the Harvard psychologist and philosopher William James that comprises his edited Gifford Lectures on "Natural Theology" delivered at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland between 1901 and 1902. These lectures concerned the nature of religion and the neglect of science, in James' view, in the academic study of religion. Soon after its publication, the book found its way into the canon of psychology and philosophy, and has remained in print for over a century. (Summary by Wikipedia)

1. Preface
2. Lecture I - Religion and Neurology
3. Lecture 2 - Circumscription of the Topic
4. Lecture 3 - The Reality of the Unseen
5. Lecture 4 - The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness
6. Lecture 5 - The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness
7. Lecture 6 - The Sick Soul
8. Lecture 7 - The Sick Soul
9. Lecture 8 - The Divided Self, and the Process of its Unification
10. Lecture 9 - Conversion
11. Lecture 10 part 1 - Conversion - Concluded
12. Lecture 10 part 2 - Conversion - Concluded
13. Lecture 11 - Saintliness
14. Lecture 12 - Saintliness
15. Lecture 13 - Saintliness
16. Lecture 14 - The Value of Saintliness
17. Lecture 15 - The Value of Saintliness
18. Lecture 16 - Mysticism
19. Lecture 17 - Mysticism
20. Lecture 18 - Philosophy
21. Lecture 19 - Other Characteristics
22. Lecture 20 Part 1 - Conclusions
23. Lecture 20 Part 2 - Conclusions
24. Postscript