Religion and Neurology – Varieties of Religious Experience
The question, What are the religious propensities? and the question, What is their philosophic significance? are two entirely different orders of question from the logical point of view;
RELIGION OF HEALTHY-MINDEDNESS – William James
How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness, is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.
William James – What is the Nature and Value of Religious Propensity?
The question, What are the religious propensities? and the question, What is their philosophic significance? are two entirely different orders of question from the logical point of view; and, as a failure to recognize this fact distinctly may breed confusion, I wish to insist upon the point a little before we enter into the documents […]
William James – Feelings and Impulses Must be the Subject of Psychological Inquiry
If the inquiry be psychological, not religious institutions, but rather religious feelings and religious impulses must be its subject, and I must confine myself to those more developed subjective phenomena recorded in literature produced by articulate and fully self-conscious men, in works of piety and autobiography. The Varieties of Religious Experience, by William James, Lecture […]
Readings – Books That Have Influenced My Journey
Here are a few books which have been influential in my journey. A.B. Simpson (1843 to 1919) was a Presbyterian Minister who promoted a consciousness of global evangelism. He founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance The Holy Spirit or Power from on High – Vol 2 by A.B. Simpson This 2 volume set by A.B. […]
May 22, 1995 – Master of Divinity – Princeton Theological Seminary
1991 to 1995 Master of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary -I had to take one semester off due to depression. This was my course schedule. Self reference David Reese