Religious Experience

Religious Experience
ISBN-10
110862233X
ISBN-13
9781108622332
Series
Religious Experience
Category
Religion
Pages
79
Language
English
Published
2021-12-23
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Amber L. Griffioen

Description

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. One debate concerns the question of perennialism vs. constructivism and whether there is a 'common core' to all religious or mystical experience independent of interpretation or socio-historical background. Another central discussion concerns the epistemology of purportedly theophanic experience and whether a perceptual model of religious experience can provide evidence or justification for theistic belief. The Element concludes with a discussion of how philosophy of religion can productively widen its treatment of religious experience in the service of creating a more inclusive and welcoming discipline.

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