William James The Varieties of Religious Experience Introduced by Jaroslav Pelikan ISBN: 978-1-59853-062-9 390 pp. / $13.95 Printed on high-quality acid-free paper SAVE 20% and get FREE Shipping anywhere in the U.S. when you order from the LOA Web Store! Web Store Price: $11.16

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Philosopher and psychologist William James championed the value of individual experience with an eloquence and zeal that places him beside Emerson and Whitman as a classic exponent of American democratic culture. Regarded by theologian Reinhold Niebuhr as “a milestone in religious thought,” The Varieties of Religious Experience takes on “the very inner citadel of human life” by focusing on intensely religious individuals from different cultures and eras, in order to explore from within how religion enriches human lives.

A leading scholar in the history of religion, Jaroslav Pelikan (1923–2006) was Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University and the author of many books, including his five-volume masterwork, The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, and the best-selling Jesus Through the Centuries and Whose Bible Is It?.