Write a note on the William James’ views on Religious Experience.

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1.    In James’ view, the spiritual value of religious experience is not undone even if we can find a psychological explanation for the experiences. He rejected the view that religious experience was the result of a repressed or perverted sexuality (Freud’s suggestion) He saw this as an attempt to discredit religion by those who started with an antipathy towards it.

2.    He did not agree that there was a single feature of religious experience that defines it, but he understood it to be “the feelings, acts, and experiences of individual men in their solitude, so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider the divine” i.e. humans have a feeling or ‘something there’

3.    The experiences of great religious figures can set patterns for the conventional believer to study. He cites examples of ‘saintliness’ in people such as St Teresa of Avila. He shows __________ __ __ _________ ____ __ __________ __ __.
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Degree : BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAMMES
Course Name : Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Course Code : BA
Subject Name : PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
Subject Code : BPYG 172
Year : 2022 2023