Religious Experience Key Words 1

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What is monism?
the belief that everything has an essential unity
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What is numinous?
a word created by Rudolf Otto which means ‘wholly other’
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What is an objectivist view?
if a religious experience really happens, it demonstrates the existence of God
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What is a subjectivist view?
that religious experience is true for the believer
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What is veridical?
it is a genuine experience of something that is actually there
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What is pragmatism?
the truth or meaning of something depends on its practical consequences
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what is ineffable?
difficult or impossible to express adequately in words
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What is noetic?
giving insight or knowledge
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What is trabsient?
impermanent or not lasting long
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What is passivity?
being the person who something happens to rather than being actively involved
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Credulity
willingness to believe
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