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The Varieties of Religious Experience Douban
author: William James publishing house: Routledge 2002 - 8
In this classic work William James explores the psychology of religion, applying scientific method to a field that had previously been treated as theoretical, abstract philosophy. This 2002 centenary edition celebrates the 100th anniversary of this landmark text. It includes new introductions by Jeremy Carrette and Eugene Taylor, as well as a fully revised index. James believed that individual religious experiences, rather than the precepts of organized religions, were the backbone of the world's religious life. His discussions of conversion, repentance, mysticism and saintliness and personal religious observations and experiences all support his thesis. James' pluralistic view of religion led to his remarkable tolerance for extreme forms of religious behaviour, a willingness to take risks in formulating his own theories, and a welcome lack of pretentiousness in his observations on how an individual stands in relation to the divine.

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我其实好奇詹姆斯 是否有过“宗教体验”。但行文之中看不出。

体验,很难通过听闻交流,却能在有过同样的体验的人之间确认。如果你没有痛过,无论怎么跟你描述牙痛,你也不会知道。而痛过的自然知道。

本书讨论的“宗教经验”,大多数人没有经历。未经历过的人,看这样的讨论,将如水中捞月,得不到什么。但千万别将其贴上个迷信或神秘或经验主义的标签,就走开了。个人认为本书非常重要,心理学应当继续将个体的“宗教体验”作为研究对象。个人也可以去多多亲近,了解人类体验的可能性。

书中的“宗教经验”,是因为经历者或者听闻者对那些神奇“经验”做了宗教性的归因和解释。但其与宗教的关系并非那么紧密。处在非基督教文化圈的拥有此般体验者,有很多并不对其做宗教性解释。此种经验的作用很多,其中一项是可以使人“离苦得乐”。

作为科学家,作者詹姆斯注重的是对体验而非宗教的进行方方面面的讨论和解释。“宗教经验”比”宗教“本身更重要。其有疗愈作用,获得它的人常常同时获得智慧,勇气与目的性,消除恐惧。对于没有过的人,它是神秘的体验性的。对于经历过的则不会有怀疑。书中多次提到了斯多葛主义哲学。

詹姆斯 以一部 《心理学原理》构建了科学心理学的体系,被誉为美国心理学之父。但我认为这本 《宗教经验种种》 却更加重要。此书很少在当今的被科学心理学中被提及,无疑是心理学的损失。

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