Fruits of Health; Roots of Despair: William James, Medical Materialism and the Evaluation of Religious Experience

In The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James introduces the term "medical materialism" to describe the fallacious attempt by some scientists to argue against the value of spiritual ideas. Two literary case studies will be considered for purposes of better understanding James...

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Main Author: Ruetenik, Tadd (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2006]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2006, Volume: 45, Issue: 3, Pages: 382-395
Further subjects:B Sigmund Freud
B William James
B Nausea
B medical materialism
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)