William James' views on religious experience.
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2. What does it mean for a mystical experience to be transient?
- Temporary, cannot be sustained, effects may last and subsequent experiences can develop and deepen effects.
- Not just feelings, gives deep and direct knowledge of God.
- Beyond proper description, no description from words.
- Not initiated by the mystic, they have a sense of something acting upon them.
3. William James' 'Varieties of Religious Experience were a summary of lectures conducted in what year?
- 1801
- 1988
- 1902
- 1911
4. What three main areas does William James investigate?
- Conversion, prayer, the phenomenon of saintliness.
- Societal pressure, individualisation ,Governmental standards.
- Adolescent development, cognitive flexibility, McCarthyism.
5. What's a Corporate experience?
- A number of people having a religious experience at the same time an in the same place.
- Alone with God.
- Direct oneness with God.
- Thinking of God.
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