William James Lectures on Religious Experience
The William James Lectures on Religious Experience is a series of invited lectureships at Harvard Divinity School. It is one of four Harvard Divinity School "Named Lectures": the Dudleian, Ingersoll, James, and Lentz lectures.[1]
History
In 1968, the money to endow the William James Lectures at the Harvard Divinity School was given by the Lindsley Fund, which had been established by Thayer Lindsley. Lindsley, one of the 20th century's most prominent mine developers, was born in 1882. He graduated from Harvard with an A.B. in 1903. His long-standing interest in William James as a teacher and in his religious ideas made it seem appropriate to the Trustees of the John Lindsley Fund in 1968 to establish these lectures in honor of William James, with particular reference to James’ book The Varieties of Religious Experience.[2]
On October 14, 1970, the Divinity School inaugurated the annual lecture series.[2]
Chronological list of invited lectureships
- This compilation is based on an Excel spreadsheet found on the website for Harvard Divinity School's Named Lecture Series.
- Linda Simon (2010) "William James's Transitions"
- Jeremy Carrette (2013) "William James on Love: The Varieties, Intimacy, and the Divine"
- Tanya Marie Luhrmann (2014) "William James in Accra"
- Bill Leonard (2015) "Dull Habit or Acute Fever? William James and the Protestant Conversion Crisis"
- Anthony Pinn (2017) "The Problem Soul and Life Without Appeal"
- Dipesh Chakrabarty (2019) "The Planet: An Emergent Matter of Spiritual Concern?"
- John Kaag (2023) "William James and the Sick Soul"
References
- "Introduction". Harvard Divinity School: Named Lecture Series. Harvard Divinity School. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
- "James Lecture". Harvard Divinity School: Named Lecture Series. Harvard Divinity School. Retrieved February 9, 2023.