His book The Will to Believe was about the right to believe, and his Varieties of Religious Experience made religion possible for many educated moderns who are uncomfortable with the authority of churches and dogmas. The book is also a cornerstone of the modern field of comparative religion. Though it is nearly a hundred years since James died, his thought is still very much alive. ‘I find him visibly and testably right,’ says Jacques Barzun. ‘He is for me the most inclusive mind I can listen to, the most concrete and the least hampered by trifles. (2006, p. xiv)”
William James is for me the most inclusive mind I can listen to, the most concrete and the least hampered by trifles.
His book The Will to Believe was about the right to believe, and his Varieties of Religious Experience made religion possible for many educated moderns who are uncomfortable with the authority of churches and dogmas. The book is also a cornerstone of the modern field of comparative religion. Though it is nearly a hundred years since James died, his thought is still very much alive. ‘I find him visibly and testably right,’ says Jacques Barzun. ‘He is for me the most inclusive mind I can listen to, the most concrete and the least hampered by trifles. (2006, p. xiv)”
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