Varieties of Religious Experience: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Varieties of Religious Experience, credited to William James, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Varieties of Religious Experience, by William James. Read by JoeD, preface recorded by musil. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is a book by the Harvard psychologist and philosopher William James that comprises his edited Gifford Lectures on "Natural Theology" delivered at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland between 1901 and 1902. These lectures concerned the nature of religion and the neglect of science, in James' view, in the academic study of religion. Soon after its publication, the book found its way into the canon of psychology and philosophy, and has remained in print for over a century. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Varieties of Religious Experience
• Author credits: William James
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 22:23:06

Catalogue topics

• religion
• non-fiction
• philosophy
• psychology

Track guide

1. 00 - Contents and Preface — 17:18
2. 01 - Religion and Neurology — 1:00:16
3. 02 - Circumscription of the Topic — 1:04:10
4. 03 - The Reality of the Unseen — 1:04:20
5. 04 - The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness — 1:02:05
6. 05 - The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness — 1:08:52
7. 06 - The Sick Soul — 53:39
8. 07 - The Sick Soul — 47:09
9. 08 - The Divided Self, and the Process of its Unification — 1:01:08
10. 09 - Conversion — 1:08:17
11. 10-1 - Conversion - Concluded, part 1 — 53:40
12. 10-2 - Conversion - Concluded, part 2 — 51:52
13. 11 - Saintliness — 1:08:41
14. 12 - Saintliness — 1:03:27
15. 13 - Saintliness — 38:06
16. 14 - The Value of Sainliness — 52:44
17. 15 - The Value of Saintliness — 1:12:23
18. 16 - Mysticism — 1:15:15
19. 17 - Mysticism — 57:50
20. 18 - Philosophy — 1:06:17
21. 19 - Other Characteristics — 1:05:31
22. 20-1 Part 1 - Conclusions — 37:28
23. 20-2 Part 2 - Conclusions — 55:53
24. 21 - Postscript — 17:00

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