The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature 2012 Reprint of 1920 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "A milestone in religious thought. . . . James combines a positive approach to religion with a non-dogmatic and thoroughly empirical approach to the religious life. The combination is not only rare but creative." -Reinhold Niebuhr Philosopher and psychologist William James championed the value of individual experience with an eloquence and zeal that placed him beside Emerson and Whitman as a classic exponent of...