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On Waves of Religious Experience: The Varieties of Religious Experience

Ondřej Vrabeľ

Pro-Fil June 29, 2017 DOI: 10.5817/pf17-1-1585 (opens in new tab) via Semantic Scholar

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William James's *The Varieties of Religious Experience* (1902) analyzes religious experience by examining its content, approach, and arguments. The paper reconstructs James's method and critically assesses his views on mysticism, philosophy, and the science of religion as guarantors of personal religious experience. Despite being over a century old, James's ideas continue to inspire researchers. The article aims to provide readers with a foundational understanding of the study of religious experience through a historiographical analysis of James's work, clarifying the argumentative structure of *Varieties*. It concludes by reflecting on how some of James's ideas appear in contemporary neuroscience research on religious experiences.

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Keywords Philosophy
Citations 1
Key finding Argues that James's approach to religious experience, as presented in The Varieties of Religious Experience, continues to influence contemporary research, including neuroscientific studies of religious experiences.

Abstract

Přispěvek se zabýva analýzou Jamesova pojeti naboženske zkusenosti představene v knize The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902). Text sleduje zakladni obsahovou strukturu Varieties , rekonstruuje Jamesův přistup ke zkoumani naboženske zkusenosti a kriticky reflektuje předkladana stanoviska. Postupně se proto zabýva mysticismem , filosofii a vědou o naboženstvi jakožto možnými garanty osobni naboženske zkusenosti. Ackoli od prvniho vydani Varieties uplynulo již přes sto let, Jamesovy myslenky v nich obsažene jsou i dnes inspiraci pro celou řadu badatelů a výzkumniků. Cilem přispěvku je poskytnout ctenařům skrze historigrafickou analýzu Jamesova dila zakladni vhled do problematiky zkoumani naboženských zkusenosti a objasnit argumentacni postup obsažený ve Varieties . V zavěru textu bude poukazano i na reflexi některých Jamesových myslenek ve vybraných soucasných neurovýzkumech naboženských zkusenosti.

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