A team of international experts present a collection of articles on William James's philosophy of religion and its current relevance. A new look at his philosophy of religion is crucially important for the development of this field of inquiry today.

Guy Axtell, Radford University, Virginia, USA
Niek Brunsveld, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Dirk-Martin Grube, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands
Susan Haack, University of Miami, USA
Wayne Proudfoot, Columbia University, USA
Charlene Haddock Seigfried, Purdue University, USA

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; Sami Pihlström and Henrik Rydenfelt PART I 1. William James on Religion and Pragmatism; Wayne Proudfoot 2. Anti-dogmatism in the Defense of Religious Belief; Charlene Haddock Seigfried 3. William James' Varieties and the Cognitive Value of Religious Experiences; Niek Brunsveld 4. Pragmatic Realism and Pluralism in Philosophy of Religion; Sami Pihlström PART II 5. 'The Ethics of Belief' Reconsidered; Susan Haack 6. Sensitive Truths and Sceptical Doubt; Henrik Rydenfelt 7. Reading James' 'The Will to Believe' Closely: Its Implications for Evidentialism and the Evidentialist Critique of Religion; Dirk-Martin Grube 8. Possibility and Permission? Intellectual Character, Inquiry, and the Ethics of Belief; Guy Axtell Index