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Intimacy with the Divine
How A Pluralistic Universe develops Intimacy with the Divine.
Explores how different philosophies (dualistic theism, monistic pantheism, pluralistic radical empiricism) affect the closeness and personal connection humans can feel with God or the divine.
Where it surfaces
- Lecture I: The Types of Philosophic Thinking
James explores how different spiritual philosophies achieve (or fail to achieve) intimacy with God: theism leaves humans as outsiders, while pantheism fuses them substantially with the divine.