THE DIVIDED SELF, AND THE PROCESS OF ITS UNIFICATION
These examples may suffice to acquaint us in a general way with the phenomenon technically called “Conversion.”
THE VALUE OF SAINTLINESS William James
It is its truth, not its utility, you insist, upon which our verdict ought to depend. If religion is true, its fruits are good fruits, even though in this world they should prove uniformly ill adapted and full of naught but pathos.
CONCLUSIONS The Varieties of Religious Experience
Our conclusions cannot be as sharp as dogmatic conclusions would be, but I will formulate them, when the time comes, as sharply as I can.
CONVERSION – con. – The Varieties of Religious Experience
In other words, the persons who have passed through conversion, having once taken a stand for the religious life, tend to feel themselves identified with it, no matter how much their religious enthusiasm declines.
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.
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;