The Idea of Religious Experience of W. James in Russian Religious Studies: Religious Thought of the First Third of XX Century
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия January 9, 2018 K. Antonov 1 citation
A discussion of William James's book "The Varieties of Religious Experience" helped shape Russian philosophy and psychology of religion in the early 20th century and among Russian emigrants. The author reviews Russian reception of James's ideas, focusing on debates in periodicals such as "Questions of Philosophy and Psychology," "Logos," "The Russian Thought," "Theological Review," and "Faith and Reason." Although the reception was largely philosophical, representatives of theological academies began developing a psychology of religion "in James's spirit." This framework fostered the growth of the psychology of religion as a distinct field and promoted psychologism—a cognitive interest in religion as psychological experience—which gradually became central to the psychological study of religion.