Robert Richardson on William James

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If you want to trace the origins of the "being spiritual, not religious" movement, you need to go back to William James.  His classic book "The Varieties of Religious Experience" gave us a new understanding of religion.  James thought religion was about spiritual experience, not what a sacred text tells us.  Biographer Robert Richardson tells Steve Paulson about James' willingness to embrace uncertainty.