Heaven's Champion: William Jamess Philosophy of Religion [Hardcover]

Suckiel offers readers a new perspective on James. For those interested in the philosophy of religion in general, and James's views in particular, this work will be of considerable interest.

Ellen Kappy Suckiel is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has written articles, introductions and reviews in American philosophy, and is the author ofThe Pragmatic Philosophy of William James(Notre Dame Press, 1982).

Heavens Champion: William Jamess Philosophy of Religionis an excellent introduction to Jamess views on religion and presents important insights and arguments for those already familiar with it as well. Journal of Speculative Philosophy

. . . this volume . . . is a deeply religious book that offers an extended argument for the importance of religious belief grounded in the insights that James offers us. It is thus not primarily an attempt to understand James better; it is rather, an attempt to use his ideas to defend the legitimacy of our religious beliefs . . .Heavens Championis a fine volume that demonstrates our ongoing need to counteract the acids produced by our spirit of scientific rationality, lest this spirit eat away further at the luster on the mysteries of living. Metaphilosophy

It is no surprise that William Jamess philosophy continues to draw creative and critical interpretations. Ellen Kappy Suckiels is another such reading, but one that is neither narrowly analytic nor obtusely continental in its philosophical approach. It is fair-minded, well-documented, and sprinkled with important insights and connections to other current philosophical approaches to religion. The Journal of Religion

This study of James's philosophy of religion is clear, focused and straightforward . . . combining Suckiel's own argumentation with consistently sound exegesis of what is one of the most complex aspects of James's thought. Transactions ol£$