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Walter Scott Stepanenko

2 papers in the library · publishing 2023-2026

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Embodiment, Divinity, and New Theological Directions in William James and Ralph Barton Perry

Religions January 10, 2026 Walter Scott Stepanenko

In his innovative and creative attempt to reconcile empiricism and religion, William James made the case for finite theism and a pluralistic conception of the cosmos involving overlapping minds of several scales. In doing so, James also cautioned against abandoning functional psychology in favor of what he called entitative points of view. In his work, Ralph Barton Perry critiqued James for...

Religious Experience and Religious Lives

2023 Walter Scott Stepanenko

Religious Experience and Religious Lives: An Epistemology defends a moderate approach to religious experiences in which they can contribute to the justification of central religious beliefs, most importantly belief in God. Epistemologists of religion disagree about what evidential value religious experiences have. Some argue that religious experiences have no evidential value while others argue...