This Element looks at religious experience and the role it has played in philosophy of religion. It critically explores the history of the intertwined discourses on mysticism and religious experience, before turning to a few specific discussions within contemporary philosophy of religion.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Prologue; 1. Religious and Mystical Experience in Historical Context; 2. Experience, Interpretation, and the Question of Perennialism; 3. Religious Experience as Perception of God: Theistic Approaches; 4. Challenges to the Perceptual Model; 5. Expanding Experience; References.