Lectures I and XX
Bracketing existential origin from spiritual value; James's own modest theistic affirmation in conclusion.
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Readers commonly ask whether James reduces religion to psychology, whether he himself believed, and how his typology applies to their own temperament.
Postscript
James clarifies he is not himself a mystic and his over-belief is pluralistic, addressing the question of his personal stance.
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