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1 Online-Ressource (xv, 286 p)
Ausgabe:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Ausgabe:
Also issued in print
ISBN:
9781472548832
Inhalt:
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. What is a Spiritual Experience? -- 2. Terminology -- 3. Spiritual Experience and Religions -- 4. Experiences of the Founders/Messengers of the Major Religious Traditions -- 5. Experiences of the Founders/Messengers of Less Well-Known Religious Traditions -- 6. Religious Triggers of Spiritual Experience -- 7. Non-Religious Triggers of Spiritual Experience -- 8. Types of Spiritual Experience -- 9. Dying and Death -- 10. Mystics -- 11. Spiritual and Mystical Experiences of Well-Known People -- 12. Fruits of Spiritual Experience -- 13. Spiritual Experience Research -- 14. The Interpretation of Spiritual, Religious and Mystical Experience -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Notes.
Inhalt:
"This comprehensive new introduction looks at spiritual experiences from past to present, from the experiences of the founders of the major world religious traditions to events in the lives of ordinary people today. Mystical and Near Death Experiences are included. Examples are drawn from a variety of sources, including original accounts from the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre Archive at the University of Wales, Lampeter as well as many given to the author in person. Interpretations of these experiences follow, from religious, philosophical and scientific viewpoints. Various questions are considered. Is there a common core to spiritual experience? Do these experiences offer proof of the existence of God or of the possibility of survival of death? This fascinating work concludes with an evaluation of what can be learned about consciousness, religion and what it is to be human."--Bloomsbury Publishing
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-273) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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ISBN 9780826498205
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ISBN 9781441101433
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ISBN 9780826498212
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Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781472548832
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