/lit/ - Literature

>>5115281

I think it's fucking cool.

>Emerson
>Thoreau

William James is the basest American author ever.

Good afternoon, e/lit/ists,

I am a converted Catholic looking for material to strengthen my faith. I was raised in an areligious family and unlike most religious people, I have no idea what it feels like to be certain that God exists; like ex-fat people, I still feel fat.

90% of how I got to conversion was done through reading. The Bible, books about the Bible, CS Lewis' theology books, and a number of courses at university.

I'm aware that my position is unusual, and it saddens me. Learned people look down on me because they assume religion is a thing of the past; religious people don't understand my struggle and look suspiciously at my curiosity and questions.

I'll bump with books I found helpful. Thanks for any help.

God-tier books about religions, faith, theology.

>>4917643

1. The Catcher in the Rye
2. A Prayer for Owen Meany
3. The Brothers Karamazov (actually, make that number 1 too)
4. Montaigne's Essays
5. On the Variety of Religious Experience by William James

I hope I lose. Make my fucking day, anon.

Do you consider William James anything philosophy related? I just got pic related in the mail today, but I bought it as part of my "God quest" than my philosophy project.

Litards,

I'm a former neutral turned atheist turned agnostic theist via countless hours of reading and some more: I want to read James' Varieties of religious experience; should I buy just that book or go for pic related?

I've never read him. Closest I got was reading his bro and the bend of the fuck.

Thanks for any input.