威廉·詹姆士是美国历史上独具特色的哲学家、社会学家,也是著名的宗教心理学家,他以独特的实用主义方式对宗教进行理解,建构了一种新的宗教哲学体系,把宗教中的上帝引入到现实的生活中来,以此揭示了上帝与人之间的关系。他对宗教经验实例的精彩描述,不仅丰富了宗教经验研究的内容,也拓展了宗教心理学的研究方法,对后人继续研究宗教生活起到了巨大的作用。 William James, a philosopher and sociologist well-known in the history of the United States, is also a famous religious psychologist who constructs a new system of religious philosophy with a unique pragmatic approach to religion. The introduction of the God of religion into the real life revealed the relationship between God and man. His wonderful description of religious experience not only enriches the content of religious experience research, but also expands the research methods of religious psychology and plays a great role in continuing to study religious life.