william james

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william james refer to religious experiences as involving an individual's experience of:
the divine
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for james religious experiences are the source of religious
institutions
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he believed that religious experiences have a great ____ for the person who has them
authority
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religious experiences ____ someone's behaviour therefore they're the inspiration and source of religious institutions
change
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the direct experience of God goes beyond human powers of description
ineffable
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this refers to how mystics recieve knowledge of God that otherwise would be unknown
noetic
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during the religious experiences the person experiencing it may perceive time differently this is because they are:
transient
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refers to the way mystical experiences cannot be instigated, they just happen
passivity
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a good _____ is the only sign that religious experiences come from God
disposition
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religious experiences suggest the existence of something ___
larger
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religious experiences are a _____ phenomena
psychological
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for james religious experiences are the source of religious

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institutions

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he believed that religious experiences have a great ____ for the person who has them

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religious experiences ____ someone's behaviour therefore they're the inspiration and source of religious institutions

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the direct experience of God goes beyond human powers of description

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