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"Oprah Winfrey says, 'If you want to be more fully present and live with a wide-open heart, Super Soul Sunday is where your journey begins.' Now, for the first time, the moments of inspiration that have enlightened millions on the three-time Emmy Award-winning Super Soul Sunday are collected in The Wisdom of Sundays, a cherishable, deeply affecting book. Organized into ten chapters--each one representing a powerful step in Oprah's own spiritual journey,...
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The author explores "such mysteries as religious awakening, ecstasy, genius, telepathy, multiple personality, and clairvoyance" and explains the "seven biological responses that correspond to seven levels of divine experience ... [which] are shaped not by any one religion (they are shared by all), but by the brain's need to take an infinite, chaotic universe and find meaning in it."--Jacket.
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The Varieties of Religious Experience, by William James, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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University of North Carolina Press
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[1981]
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English
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In this first detailed examination of Varieties of Religious Experience, Levinson locates James securely in the academic study of religion, demonstrates James's debts to Darwin, and reconstructs the case for the supernatural that James thought so critical to his work. The author discusses the contribution that these religious interests made to James's later work and to the shaping of his theories of pragmatism and radical empiricism. Originally published...
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Library of America ; 38
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Literary Classics of the United States
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1987.
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English
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English
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When celebrated scholar Joseph Campbell sat down with veteran journalist Bill Moyers for a discussion about his life's work, the nation was captivated. The series brought Campbell's theories into popular culture and led to a bestselling companion book. Includes six episodes.
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HighBridge
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[2001]
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English
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Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell discuss the themes and roots of human myth which is seen as man's attempt to relate himself to the universe. Starting with various topics Campbell shows both how man creates his universe and is controlled by the myth he has created.
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Princeton University Press
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[1999]
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English
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"Winner of the 2000 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Philosophy and Religion, Association of American Publishers" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000" Ann Taves is Professor of the History of Christianity and American Religion at the Claremont School of Theology and Professor of Religion at the Claremont Graduate University. She is the author of The Household of Faith: Roman Catholic Devotions in Mid-Nineteenth Century...
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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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2013.
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English
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"Pragmatism" by William James is the most famous single work of American philosophy. Its sequel, "The Meaning of Truth," is its imperative and inevitable companion. The definitive texts of both works are together in this volume, "Pragmatism and the Meaning of Truth." Pragmatism resulted from a series of lectures delivered by William James in 1906 and 1907. This series of lectures illustrates well the fundamental attributes of pragmatism. Written in...
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