Types of Religious Experiences
Types of Religious Experiences
- direct
- indirect
- voices
- visions
- Created by: Megan Rose McHugh
- Created on: 25-04-13 18:00
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- Types Of Religious Experiences
- DIRECT RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES
- person encounters God in a direct way
- St Bernadette of Lourdes: had numerous visions of Virgin Mary.
- in one vision: told to dig into the ground @ the feet of Mary- mountain spring discovered. many people now visit spring to pray/bathe in water which is reported to heal visitors
- St Bernadette of Lourdes: had numerous visions of Virgin Mary.
- Swinburne (The Existence of God): non describable experiences- god is revealed to people and such experiences are beyond human description
- Teresa of Avila: mystic from Spain- recieved many experiences of God where she was conscious of him & had physical reactions to the presence of christ
- person encounters God in a direct way
- INDIRECT RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES
- experiences which make an individual focus on god
- e.g beauty & nature inspire thoughts/ feelings/ appreciation of god as a creator
- Neil Armstrong: saw earth from the moon and stated that he no longer BELIEVED God existed for he now KNEW god existed
- e.g beauty & nature inspire thoughts/ feelings/ appreciation of god as a creator
- Swinburne (The Existence of God): ordinary experiences- where natural events are interpreted as having religious meaning
- C.Stephen Evans: 'monist' experiences- feel a sense of unity creating a sense of 'otherness'
- experiences which make an individual focus on god
- VISIONS
- God/The Divine is seen.
- information may be revealed; noetic/ revelatory
- intellectual vision: experience rather than 'observation'
- Corporeal Vision: knowledge is communicated
- Imaginative Vision: occur in dreams
- VOICES
- communication of knowledge- voice heard is linked to God
- shows the presence of God
- voice communicates a revelation from god: noetic, messages reveals God's wishes
- Authoritative: passes on God's authority
- DIRECT RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES
- Corporeal Vision: knowledge is communicated
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