Re-Creativity and Religious Varieties

Initially in Varieties of Religious Experience, James is reluctant to define 'religion'. Soon, though, perhaps mindful that at least some circumscription of the topic is called for, he offers 'the beliefs that 1. "There is an unseen order", and 2. "Our supreme good lies in harmoniously adjusting ourselves thereto"' as his definition. Later, he modifies #1 to 'There is a higher power that produces real effects in the natural world', while apparently maintaining #2. However, #2 seems to preclude the Spinozist alternative, among others, that 'Our supreme good consists in our own creative activity', which, in combination with #1, yields the classification of Re-Creativity as a 'religious experience'. Thus, even James' influential advocacy of Religious Pluralism entails subtle prejudice.