Download or read book Some Outlines of the Religion of Experience written by Horace James Bridges and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SOME OUTLINES OF THE RELIGION written by Horace James 1880- Bridges and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Some Outlines of the Religion of Experience A Book for Laymen and the Unchurched written by Horace James Bridges and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-07 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book SOME OUTLINES OF THE RELIGION written by Horace James 1880 Bridges and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SOME OUTLINES OF THE RELIGION written by Horace James 1880-1955 Bridges and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Some Outlines of the Religion of Experience written by Horace J. Bridges and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-13 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Some Outlines of the Religion of Experience: A Book for Laymen and the Unchurched The period through which we are passing has been characterized with great accuracy and felicity by Mr. Walter Lippmann as one of simultaneous drift and mas teryz mastery of detail, combined with drift in the matter of the paramount interests of life and its direction as a whole. In no way is this state of things more clearly demonstrated than by the contrast between our great and constant advances in scientific knowledge and the control of the world's material resources, and the ever increasing confusion, obscurity and uncertainty in the domain of morals and religion. We know more about the trees than our forebears, and can handle them with unprecedented skill; but of the dimensions of the wood, and of the chances of finding a path through it, we do not know. Indeed, we are tempted to despair of the possibil ity of knowing. Our impulse is towards agreeing with Auguste Comte in his assertion that metaphysical in quiry is vain, and that we must deliberately limit our selves to the field of the phenomenal, in Which positive knowledge and positive results are obtainable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion Based on Psychology and History written by Auguste Sabatier and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1910-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Religious Experience written by Amber L. Griffioen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-23 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Element looks at religious experience and the role it has played in philosophy of religion. It critically explores the history of the intertwined discourses on mysticism and religious experience, before turning to a few specific discussions within contemporary philosophy of religion. One debate concerns the question of perennialism vs. constructivism and whether there is a 'common core' to all religious or mystical experience independent of interpretation or socio-historical background. Another central discussion concerns the epistemology of purportedly theophanic experience and whether a perceptual model of religious experience can provide evidence or justification for theistic belief. The Element concludes with a discussion of how philosophy of religion can productively widen its treatment of religious experience in the service of creating a more inclusive and welcoming discipline.
Download or read book Outlines of the Philosophy of Religion written by Hermann Lotze and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Outlines of the Philosophy of Religion written by Hermann Lotze and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Varieties of Religious Experience ILLUSTRATED written by William James and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.[he book has 14 chapters covering twenty lectures and a postscript.Lecture I. Religion and Neurology.In this first lecture, James outlines the scope of his investigation. Neither a theologian nor a historian of religion, James states that he is a psychologist and therefore his lectures will concern the psychology of religious feelings, rather than the institutions of religion. This further limits his enquiry to religious phenomena that have been articulated and recorded by individuals, limiting his study to either modern writers or sources from history which have become classic texts. James then distinguishes between questions concerning something's origin and its value, insisting that his purpose is to understand the origin of religious experiences and not to pass judgement on their value. This means that if James finds some material or natural cause of religious experience in his study, this should not lead anyone to conclude that this undermines their religious or spiritual value.Lecture II. Circumscription of the Topic.In his circumscription of the topic, James outlines how he will define religion for the sake of the lectures. Religious institutions are found wanting in this regard since they are not primary but rather depend on the private religious feeling of individuals, especially those of the founders of such institutions. James thus defines the essence of religion as "the feelings, acts, and experiences of individual men in their solitude, so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider divine".[3] He then distinguishes religion from moral or philosophical systems such as Stoicism which also teach a particular way or living, arguing that religion is distinguished by the presence of a sentiment which gladly assents to it. Religion is thus that which combines a moral system with a particular positive sentiment.Lecture III. The Reality of the Unseen.James begins his third lecture by noting that all states of mind involve some kind of object but that religious experiences involve an object which cannot be sensibly perceived. This ability to be aware of insensible objects in the mind, such as being aware of a presence in the room, is an ability particular to human beings. These experiences are sometimes connected with religion but not always, and James insists that they are not at all unusual. For those who have had such experiences, they are irrefutable and no rational argument will dissuade someone of their reality, even if the subject cannot explain or answer for the experience themselves. However, James criticises the rationalistic and scientific approaches, which would question these experiences, as being rarely convincing in the sphere of religion: rational arguments about religion are compelling for someone only if they already believe the conclusion. This is just a fact of human psychology for James, not a value judgement: humans are more persuaded irrationally and emotionally than they are by reasons. James concludes his lecture by noting the different kinds of responses such experiences can elicit (joy and sorrow), the variation of which will occupy his following lectures.
Download or read book A Brief Outline of the Evidences of the Christian Religion written by Archibald Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thoughts on Religious Experience written by Archibald Alexander and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thoughts on Religious Experience: To Which Is Added an Appendix, Containing "Letters to the Aged," &C. &C Relation to each other. There is, however, one manifest disadvantage, under which we must labour, in acquiring this kind of know ledge, whether by our own experience, or that of others; which is, that we are obliged to follow a fallible guide; and the pathway to this knowledge is very intricate, and the light which shines upon it, often obscure. All investigations of the exercises of the human mind are attended with difficulty; and never more so, than when we attempt to ascertain the religious or spiritual state of our hearts. If, indeed, the impression of the truth were perfect, there would exist little or no difficulty; but when it is a mere outline and the linea ments obscure, it becomes extremely difficult to determine whether it be the genuine im press of the truth: especially as in this case, there will be much darkness and confusion in the mind, and much that is of a nature di rectly opposite to the effects of the engrafted word. There is, moreover, so great a variety in the constitution of human minds, so much diversity in the strength of the natural pas sions, and so wide a difference in the tempera ment of Christians, and so many different degrees of piety, that the study of this depart ment of religious truth is exceedingly difficult. In many cases the most experienced and skil. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book An Outline of the Idealistic Constructiion of Experience written by Sir James Black Baillie and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Quest for Eternity written by John Charles Addison Gaskin and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1984 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Varieties of Religious Experience Annotated written by William James and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-This book contains a historical context, which helps us understand this literary work. We must pay special attention to those events that especially influenced the world of culture and art and also to those events that were especially reflected in literature, in the life of its writer or that affected it. There are many examples in which historical events have shaped the content and forms of literature, as well as this has often been the best testimony to the importance of certain events throughout history. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its time.James, William (1842-1910).American pragmatist philosopher and psychologist, born in New York on January 11, 1842 and died in Chocorna (New Hampshire) on August 26, 1910. Considered one of the leading figures in pragmatist psychology, he stood out not only for his brilliant contributions to this matter, but also for his firm commitment to consolidate psychology as one of the scientific disciplines.He came into the world in a family of deep intellectual roots, formed by the eccentric theologian and philosopher Henry James Senior (1811-1882), who was a close friend of the poet, essayist and visionary thinker Ralp Waldo Emerson (1803-882), known as "the Prophet of Harmony
Download or read book The Varieties of Religious Experience written by William James and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William James' treatise on religious experiences attempts to cogently explain aspects of psychology related to mystical experiences. James was most interested in the direct experiences of people, which they and sometimes observers would afterwards claim as religious or spiritual in tone. Whether the experience was deemed a mystical connection, or as a sign of prophecy or other religious significance, and how these could translate into future significance in faiths - such as the designation of saintliness - are topics which concern the author. The book itself is divided into twenty different lectures, each of which focuses upon religion and its relation to psychology. James makes a distinction between religion conceived by a healthy mind, and religious experiences which denote some form of psychic malady or illness, a phenomenon James refers to as 'the sick soul'. James explores in detail how religious experiences, and their retelling, result in the growth and expansion of religions. Conversions have, James notes, resulted from the convincing nature and aspects shared by spiritual events experienced by individual adherents. Writing at the beginning of the 20th century, there had hitherto been little serious attempt at analysing and cataloguing the religious experiences in a psychological context. James brought his experience as a Harvard University professor to deliver a convincing and comprehensive treatise, characterised by a comparative disregard for theology and the principles behind organised religion. This edition of The Varieties of Religious Experience contains the full text, inclusive of the notes which are frequent throughout the chapters.
