The Varieties of Religious Experience: Centenary Essays

Michel Ferrari, Editor

This collection of essays celebrates the centenary of William James's best-known book, The Varieties of Religious Experience, published in 1902. The Varieties was an instant hit and has remained continuously in print since it first appeared. Yet despite this sustained interest, it has been called one of James' most misunderstood texts, admired by religious scholars but not philosophers or psychologists. The authors of this collection were asked to reflect particularly on the enduring significance of James' text and its implications for people today.

"an appropriate tribute to William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience that must be welcomed by all students of James's works." Metapsychology

Table of Contents

• Michel Ferrari, "Editorial Introduction"
• Eugene Taylor, "William James and Depth Psychology"
• Eleanor Rosch, "How to Catch James's Mystic Germ: Religious Experience, Buddhist Meditation and Psychology"
• G. William Barnard, "The Varieties of Religious Experience: Reflections On Its Enduring Value"
• Jens Brockmeier, "Ineffable Experience"
• Keith Oatley and Maja Djikic, "Emotions and Transformation: Varieties of Experience of Identity"
• Michel Ferrari, "William James and the Denial of Death"
• Martin E. Marty, "The Varieties of Contexts for Reappraising The Varieties . . ."

· ISBN 0-907845-26-6 · Published in September 2002 by Imprint Academic · Paperback · 149 pages · $29.90 ·

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