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William James
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The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature (Penguin American Library)
by William James
William James turning the tools of a psychologist on religious experience itself — not the doctrines or institutions, but what actually happens inside a person who prays, converts, or feels touched by something larger. More than a century on, it's still the landmark study of faith treated as a fact of human nature.