Let me start off by saying, “I love religion.” I love to think about religion, talk about it, study it, and write about it. Also, I think the variety of religion in the world is beautiful and wonderful. Such diversity and wonder… I could sit and talk for hours (and I have) with individual persons Read More …
This book is a compilation of the Gifford Lectures which William James delivered at Edinburgh in 1901-02, and it is a seminal text for the philosophy, psychology, and sociology of religion. However, I would like to first say a few words about William James. You might already know his name, or perhaps his brother Henry, Read More …
This Sunday is the last Sunday of Epiphany, which means we get to read about the Transfiguration. Whenever I read this passage, I am struck by how much it is a metaphor for those times of deep spiritual experience in our lives. Just look at Peter — He’s weighed down with sleep at first but Read More …
