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7 - Refined and Crass Supernaturalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2024

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T. L. S. Sprigge
Edited by
Michael McGhee
Michael McGhee
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
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Summary

In the postscript to The Varieties of Religious Experience William James distinguishes two types of belief in the supernatural, conceived as an essential component in religion, crass or piecemeal supernaturalism, on the one hand, and refined supernaturalism on the other.

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Spiritual Life , pp. 170 - 206
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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