32+ The Varieties Of Religious Experience A Study In Human Nature By William James Gif. For james, religion was not a 'single quality' james draws on a number of sources, studies and themes, including a sense of the divince presence, mystical experiences, pathological. Every religious phenomenon has its history and its derivation from natural antecedents.
We must, therefore, first describe the fruits of the religious life, and then we must judge them.
And, as a failure to recognize this fact distinctly may breed confusion, i wish to insist upon the. The legacy of william james in. The varieties of religious experience study guide. The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves have been flown for religious.
