RT Article
T1 William James and the Varieties of Religious and Drinking Experience: The Case of Pablo Ávila
JF Pastoral psychology
VO 64
IS 5
SP 553
OP 566
A1 Arjona, Rubén
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1565785584
AB Based on William James's idea that the most instructive documents humains are found 'along the beaten highway,' this paper revisits the life of Pablo Ávila (the author's father-in-law) using Donald Capps's relocation of Erik Erikson's life stages. The essay connects Pablo Ávila's religious and drinking experience to Bill W., the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, and through him, to William James, particularly to James's references to alcohol in The Varieties and his response to different forms of anti-alcohol activism. The paper argues that studying individual experience can engender human creativity and offer insights for more effective pastoral caregiving.
K1 Alcohol
K1 Alcoholics
K1 Bill W
K1 Caregivers
K1 Creative ability
K1 DIVIDED SELF
K1 Donald Capps
K1 Erik Erikson
K1 Human documents
K1 James, William, 1842-1910
K1 Pablo Ávila
K1 Religion
K1 RELIGIOUS groups
K1 Wider self
K1 William James
DO 10.1007/s11089-015-0658-0