Word: taylors
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...Taylor said James' beliefs reflect America today because a "tremendous hunger and search for spirituality" has led people to pursue individual religious paths independent of organized churches...
...More and more people in the last 50 years conceive of a spiritual life where everybody should follow the spiritual path that most speaks to themselves as individuals," Taylor said...
Some people, especially the better educated, find the most satisfaction in an agnostic philosophy, especially based on the ideas of Nietzsche, according to Taylor...
...Taylor remarked that this movement towards individual religious satisfaction is an unprecedented and important phenomenon...
...However, Taylor claimed that James' approach was too narrow and that for many people religious experience occurs in a more social context...