The Varieties of Religious Experience

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature
Author	William James
Original title	The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature, Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered at Edinburgh in 1901–1902
Country	United States
Language	English
Subjects	Philosophy of religion; Psychology of religion
Publisher	Longmans, Green & Co.
Publication date	1902
Media type	Print
Pages	534
LC Class	BR110.J3 1902a
Followed by	Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (1907)

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is a book by Harvard University psychologist and philosopher William James. It comprises his edited Gifford Lectures on natural theology, which were delivered at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland between 1901 and 1902. The lectures concerned the psychological study of individual private religious experiences and mysticism, and used a range of examples to identify commonalities in religious experiences across traditions.

Soon after its publication, Varieties entered the Western canon of psychology and philosophy and has remained in print for over a century.

James later developed his philosophy of pragmatism. There are many overlapping ideas in Varieties and his 1907 book Pragmatism.^[2]

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[2] Poole, Randall A (2003). "William James in the Moscow Psychological Society". In Grossman, Joan DeLaney; Rischin, Ruth (eds.). William James in Russian Culture. Lanham MD: Lexington Books. p. 143. ISBN 978-0739105269.

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