Religious Experience
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- Created on: 09-06-17 09:13
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- Religious Experience
- Types
- Visions
- Conversions
- A process
- James said that in each person there is a normal evolution of character which chiefly consists in the straightening out and unifying the inner self, while this is taking place there tends to be unhappiness.
- Gradual or sudden
- A radical life changing experience that a person has had (e.g. a direct religious experience) However, in some cases James suggests that there might have been prior sub-conscious development.
- Self-divided (two types)
- 'sick souls' is the idea that a person is believed to have a 'spiritual' and 'natural' life and had to lose one before they can gain the other.
- A process
- Corporate
- Toronto Blessing (1994)
- Individual
- Outcomes of a religious experience
- Changing, usually for the better
- Positive outlook on religious experiences
- Strengthening of faith
- William James
- Wrote the best known book about religious experience of the 20th century.
- Aimed to be as objective as possible.
- Analysed individual experiences in order to make observations about them and drew insights from them as a whole.
- Said there was not one single feature that defined religious experience, however there were FOUR qualities.
- Transient
- Passive
- Ineffable
- Noetic
- Types
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