William James and a Science of Religions: Reexperiencing The Varieties of Religious Experience

Edited by Wayne Proudfoot

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July, 2004
Cloth, 152 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13204-6
$45.00 / £31.00

"William James is honored in this volume of critical essays celebrating the importance and impact ofThe Varieties of Religious Experience." —

"His admirers are always inspired... to contribute to the larger whole by putting their highest... and most profound thoughts forward." — Eugene Taylor, Religious Studies

"This book is indispensable for anyone who wants to keep abreast of the best recent work on William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience. The contributors could hardly be more eminent, and the essays they have written for this volume could hardly be more thoughtful and provocative." — Jeffrey Stout, Princeton University

"The attention to explanation, naturalism, and the science of religions approach are important to James interpretation and to philosophical discussions of pragmatism, as well as methodology in the study of religion. This book will become a necessary reference for future treatments of Varieties and James's work overall." — David Lamberth, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University

Related Subjects

• Philosophy of Religion

Series

• Columbia Series in Science and Religion

About the Author

Wayne Proudfoot is professor of religion at Columbia University. His books include God and Self and Religious Experience. He lives in New York City.

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