The Religious Life by Capps, Donald

The Religious Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781498219945)

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The Religious Life by Capps, Donald

The Religious Life

$33.00
The Religious Life by Capps, Donald

The Religious Life

$33.00
Format: Paperback
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William James called his classic work, The Varieties of Religious Experience, "a study in human nature." This volume recognizes that a fundamental feature of human nature for James is that we have a conscious and a subconscious mind and that the subconscious mind is deeply implicated in the religious life, especially in conversion and other experiences of spiritual enlightenment. In this volume, Capps addresses religious melancholy, the divided self and discordant personality, religious conversion, the saintly character, and the prayerful consciousness. In addition, the cases of two clergymen--one deeply troubled, the other exemplary of the spiritual person--are also presented. A brief discussion of James's view of religion as the generator of hope concludes this introduction to his insights into the religious life. Given that James was a popular writer in his own day, this book is intended to make his insights accessible to general readers.

Author: Donald Capps
ISBN-10: 1498219942
ISBN-13: 9781498219945
Publisher: Cascade Books
Language: English
Published: 10/23/2015
Pages: 262
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
By Donald Capps
By Donald Capps
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Donald Capps (1939-2015) was William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology (Emeritus) and Adjunct Professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of Striking Out (Cascade Books, 2011), At Home in the World (Cascade Books, 2013), Still Growing (Cascade Books, 2014), and The Resourceful Self (Cascade Books, 2014). He is coauthor with Nathan Carlin of Living in Limbo (Cascade Books, 2010) and The Gift of Sublimation (Cascade Books, 2015).

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