الدين في فلسفة وليم جيمس

Abstract EN

This study aims to understand religion on the basis of William James’s instrumentalism, and William James addressed the problem of religion based on the psychological benefit of religion, as he considers religion to be human and its basis is emotional and not rational, and confirms that religious faith is a personal belief and rejects religious universalism.

true religion is because it is a religious experience that has theoretical and practical benefits.

Sufism is a purely individual religion that reveals a direct interaction between belief in religion and what is divine.

it is not a satisfactory phenomenon, as some psychiatrists used to believe.

the existence of an absolute religion and it changes with the change of the psyche and mood of its owner.

this study aims to show that James’ religious approach is more psychological than pragmatic, because he is a psychologist before he was a philosopher.

on the analytical-critical method, because analysis and criticism are inherent qualities of philosophy.