A Commentary on the Relevance of Charles Taylors Critique of William James: Varieties of Spirituality and Religion and their Relevance to Psychopathology
Acta Psychopathologica 2018 DOI: 10.4172/2469-6676.100174 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | The commentary addresses Charles Taylor's criticisms of William James's Varieties of Religious Experience, focusing on the relationships between institutional and individual religion, belief in God, and psychopathology in a secular age. Taylor wrote Varieties of Religion Today as an appreciative criticism of James's work. |
Abstract
CharlesTaylor's Gifford lectures published as A Secular Age has stimulated much discussion.In preparing for his lectures Charles re-read the Gifford lectures of William James.He wrote Varieties of Religion Today as an appreciative criticism of James's Varieties of Religious Experience.In this commentary I address Taylor's criticisms of James in terms of relationships between institutional and individual religion, belief in God, and psychopathology in a secular age.