 He has established overbelief as a way of understanding how individuals and cultures systematically interpret faith experiences.The concept was also treated as the basis of the strong inclination or the "parti pris" that allows the faithful to resist the onslaught of hostile facts against their beliefs.According to James, a typical example of an overbelief would be R. W. Trine's contention that "The great central fact of the universe is that spirit of infinite life and power that is back of all, that manifests itself in and through all."