...the subject will have illustrated, to be the process, ' gradual or sudden, by which a self hitherto divided and consciously wrong, inferior and unhappy,...least, is what conversion signifies in general terms,' he adds, ' whether or not we believe that a direct divine operation is needed to bring such a moral...

...psychological process, James defines conversion to be "the process, gradual or sudden, by which a self hitherto divided, and consciously wrong, inferior and unhappy,...happy, in consequence of its firmer hold upon religious realities."1 I think we may 1 fhi Varittits of Rtligitus Experience, p. 189. well accept this as an...

...phrases which 1 Ecce Homo, p. 192. denote the process, gradual or sudden, by which a self hitherto divided, and consciously wrong, inferior and unhappy,...operation is needed to bring such a moral change about." l The careful examination of these spiritual experiences, as given in the Giffbrd Lectures for 1901,...

...Protestant Christianity. Conversion " denotes the process, gradual or sudden, by which a self hitherto divided and consciously wrong, inferior and unhappy,...consequence of its firmer hold upon religious realities." Especially to the Nonconformists of Bunyan's day, among whom our Puritan ancestors are counted, this...

...assurance, are so many phrases which denote the process, gradual or sudden, by which a self hitherto divided, and consciously wrong, inferior, and unhappy,...consequence of its firmer hold upon religious realities." "Now, there may be great oscillations in the emotional interest, and the hot places may shift before...

...assurance, are so many phrases which denote the process, gradual or sudden, by which a self hitherto divided, and consciously wrong, inferior, and unhappy,...consequence of its firmer hold upon religious realities." Elsewhere he speaks of "those striking instantaneous instances of which Saint Paul's is the most eminent,...

...James, ' are so many phrases which denote the process, gradual or sudden, by which a self, hitherto divided and consciously wrong, inferior, and unhappy,...unified and consciously right, superior, and happy.' How is this result attained ? Perhaps the best answer will be found in modern theories of subliminal...

...gradual or sudden, by which a self hitherto divided and consciously wrong, inferior, and unhappy becomes consciously right, superior, and happy in consequence of its firmer hold upon religious truth.' l Such is Professor James's definition of conversion, and it remains for us to ask how far...

...assurance — are so many phrases which denote the process, gradual or sudden, by which a self hitherto divided and consciously wrong, inferior, and unhappy,...superior, and happy, in consequence of its firmer hold on religious realities."1 In Study I. we have attempted to show that the steps by which one enters...

...assurance, are so many phrases which denote the process, gradual or sudden, by which a self hitherto divided, and consciously wrong, inferior and unhappy,...consequence of its firmer hold upon religious realities." l Whence we see indeed that the new psychology differs very little from the old gospel. In a letter...