January 31, 2020—The Varieties of Religious Experience

The next meeting of Great Books KC will be January 31, 2020.

Meeting Content:
We'll be discussing The Varieties of Religious Experience, by Henry James.

Meeting Time and Place:
Location: Plaza Branch Kansas City Public Library, Small Meeting Room
Date: January 31, 2020
Time: 7:00 pm
Address: 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, MO

Description of Book:
The Varieties of Religious Experience is a book by Harvard University psychologist and philosopher William James. It comprises his edited Gifford Lectures on natural theology, which were delivered at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland between 1901 and 1902. The lectures concerned the psychological study of individual private religious experiences and mysticism, and used a range of examples to identify commonalities in religious experiences across traditions. Soon after its publication, Varieties entered the Western canon of psychology and philosophy and has remained in print for over a century.