Date of Award
1994
Document Type
Research Paper
Abstract
This project explains the contextual history of conversion and self discovery within literary and spiritual components. This research focuses on the exploration of the relationship of spiritual autobiography to secular autobiography and highlights any of the obvious or subtle differences between the two sub-genres. This study examines ideas presented in William James’ Varieties of Religious Experience and applying questions raised by James and other studies to demonstrate the essential similarities between secular and spirituality autobiography by showing threads of commonality between Henry Adams’ The Education of Henry Adams, Thomas Merton’s Seven Storey Mountain, and Saint Augustine’s Confessions.
Recommended Citation
DeLacey-Hathaway, E. (1994). Spiritual Autobiographies: Sacred and Secular Explorations of the Self. Retrieved from https://poetcommons.whittier.edu/scholars/328