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Twice-Born Men: A Clinic in Regeneration
Harold Begbie · 1909
A 1909 book by Harold Begbie telling stories of transformed lives, written as a response to James's Varieties of Religious Experience.
A popular book directly inspired by and dedicated to James's study of religious conversion experiences.
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What it is
This book by the British writer Harold Begbie was published in 1909 and is described as a narrative footnote to William James's study The Varieties of Religious Experience. It is dedicated to James, Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University, and tells stories of people who underwent dramatic personal change.
Why it matters
The book shows how James's ideas about religious conversion and personal transformation reached beyond academic philosophy into popular writing, inspiring a British author to apply James's theories to real stories of people he encountered, such as a criminal and others described in its chapters.
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