Philosophy and Ethics - Religious Experience 0.0 / 5 ? PhilosophyReligious ExperienceA2/A-levelOCR Created by: beckyoliver222Created on: 04-06-17 17:59 Mystical Experience definition. Experience of God or of the supernatural which go beyond everyday sense experience 1 of 15 Conversion Experience definition. An experience which produces a radical change in someone's belief system 2 of 15 Corporate Religious Experience definition. Religious experiences which happen to a group of people as a body. 3 of 15 Numinous Experience definition. An indescribable experience which invokes feelings of awe, worship and fascination. 4 of 15 Principle of Credulity definition. Swinburne's principle that we should usually believe what our senses tell us we are perceiving. 5 of 15 Principle of Testimony definition Swinburne's principle that we should usually trust that other people are telling the truth. 6 of 15 Naturalistic Explanation definition. An explanation referring to natural rather than supernatural causes. 7 of 15 Neurophysiology definition. An area of science which studies the brain and the nervous system. 8 of 15 What 3 categories of Religious Experience are there? -Mystical / - Conversion /-Corporate religious 9 of 15 Examples of the attributes of a religious experience? Perceptions of visions / - Perceptions of voices / - Near-death experiences / -Numinous Experiences 10 of 15 What influences can a religious experience have? - It can change the whole course of someone's beliefs / - It has shaped a religious and doctrines 11 of 15 Who are the three main scholars involved in religious experience? - Friedrich Schleiermacher / - Rudolph Otto / - William James 12 of 15 What was Schleiermacher's claim about the essence of religion? He argued that the essence of religion was based in personal experience. 13 of 15 What are Schleiermacher's views about religious experience? It is 'self-authenticating'. It requires no other testing to see if it is genuine. 14 of 15 What did Schleiermacher call religion? (2 Quotes) 'a sense and taste for the infinite' / 'the feeling of absolute dependence' 15 of 15
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