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William James

The Varieties of Religious Experience

While OCR candidates need to be prepared to write specifically about William James’ work, his contribution to the study of religious experience is valuable to any student of this fascinating area

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OCR G581: A2 Philosophy of religion

William James (1842–1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist who had initially trained as a physician. His brother was the novelist Henry James and his sister Alice James, the diarist. His father was a wellknown Swedenborgian theologian (Box 1).

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