Preface Chapter One The Varieties of Religious Experience Introduction: Philosophy and Religion Mystical Experience Mysticism, William James Intuitive Ways of Knowing Personal Experience of God, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Critique of Mysticism The Core of Religion, Walter Kaufmann Varieties of Religious Understanding The Pluralistic Hypothesis, John Hick Retrospective: Religious Experience Additional Sources Chapter Two Religion and Life Introduction: Religion and Life Life's Goal Is to Obey God's Will Moral Obligation, William Paley Life's Goal Is to Achieve Greatness The Joyful Wisdom, Friederich Nietzsche Life Is Not Meaningful Without God A Confession, Leo Tolstoy Life Is Meaningful Without God Ethics Without Religion, Kai Nielsen Retrospective: Religion and Life Additional Sources Chapter Three Religion and Human Destiny Introduction: Religion and Death The Immortality of the Soul Phaedo, Plato The Finality of Death Letter to Menoeceus, Epic