The Experience Of William James On Religious Experience

William James is an American pragmatist philosopher, functional psychologists, isalso well-known psychologists of religion. James with individual religious experienceas the starting point for the study of philosophy and psychology, the position of organicintegration into the religion, to a highly personal religious viewpoint, through simplemeans rationally application to religious experience of case material, and has carried onthe careful study, analysis, explain, describe, completion of the psychology of religionclassics the varieties of religious experience (1902). James creatively on the religiousexperience case were careful research, analysis, explain, describe, vivid examples ofreligious experience and James wonderful description, not only enrich the researchcontent of individual religious experience, but also extends the religious psychologyresearch methods, to the descendants continue to study religious life played a hugeexcitation function, let in the future the achievements. James individual religiousexperience research, essentially represents the early modern western psychology ofreligion in the mainstream and direction.Religious psychology book the varieties of religious experience as the center, usingthe philosophy of John James’s pragmatism, particularly thorough empiricist philosophyand functional psychology ideas as the basis, mainly on the James religious psychologyof individual religious experience, and religious experience specific to the connotation,discuss its characteristics. According to James individual religious experience research,summarizes the James era of academic research on rheological, and early Westernreligious psychology research direction and trend.James the varieties of religious experience of important issues, such as James’sreligious thoughts formed in the background, the definition of religious experience,religious experience in a variety of forms and James’s religious experience rationalityand limitation are thoroughly analyzed. On the psychology of religion on the subject ofextensive research" religious experience and personality"," religious conversion essence"," religious experience mystique" and" experience of prayer" carries on thethorough discussion. The conclusion part, on William James ’s religious experiencegives the reasonable orientation and evaluation, to illustrate in James’s mind, and theentire academic career, religion and science are not incompatible, but peacefulcoexistence, James itself has been committed to the religion and the science of harmony.