Religious Experience notes

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This Religious Experience notes page gathers more than 9 user-made notes, covering Swinburne’s categories, visions, revelation and arguments for and against religious experience. It is mainly for school students revising these topics and teachers looking for study material, with some university-level content too. Pick a note to begin.

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Visions and Voices Visions When a person is having a vision, they see something different that what their eyes can physically register. A vision experience can happen when a person is awake or in a dream. These visions are experiences o... Summer Pearce
Numinous Experience Notes What is a Numinous Experience? The word 'numinous' comes from the Latin word 'numen', which means 'to bow the head.' Numinous experiences are experiences of awe and wonder in the presence of an almighty God. It is an ... Summer Pearce
Revelation What is revelation? Revelation is the communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency. In monotheistic religions, the term revelation deals with how God has revealed himself, his will and/or other... Summer Pearce
Corporate Experiences The Toronto Blessing The Toronto Blessing, a term coined by British newspapers, describes the revival and associated phenomena that began in January 1994 at the Toronto Airport Vineyard church, known as the Toronto Ai... Summer Pearce
Types of religious experience - Swinburne Ordinary experiencesExperiences where a person interprets a natural event as having a religious experience (e.g. the beauty of nature) Extraordinary experiencesExperiences that appear to violate normal understanding o... davieschloe7
Types of religious experience - Swinburne Public experiencesOrdinary experiencesExperiences where a person interprets a natural event as having a religious experience (e.g. the beauty of nature)Extraordinary experiencesExperiences that appear to violate norma... TeenySweeney
William James' religious experience Passive - Experience isn't under the control of the mystic, and is from God Ineffable - The experience goes beyond human powers of description Noetic - The mystic receives knowledge of God that isn't otherwise av... davieschloe7
how a religious experience may lead to belief in god religious believers who have had a religious experience will find that the experience makes their belief in God stronger because they believe they have had direct contact with God.the numinous is a feeling of the... shan'heavens
Religious Experience For and Against For Unless we have overwhelming evidence for the contrary, we not believe it. We believe other things, we not this? People tell the truth usually If God is how we perceive him to be, surely he would connect with us. T... Shubh Malde
Mystical Christianity - created from Mind Map Aware of presence of divine spirit Communion and union with God. Intensity, power, energy. Gods love in their heart personal experience Influenced by Jewish/Greek thought Different approaches Outside of church and bib... gary.d.jones

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Start with Types of religious experience - Swinburne for a way to distinguish ordinary and extraordinary experiences. There are two notes with this title, so you can compare how their authors present the categories.

For another approach, read William James' religious experience, which describes features including experiences that are beyond words and outside the mystic’s control. Visions and Voices and Numinous Experience Notes focus on particular kinds of experience.

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Try one of the notes titled Types of religious experience - Swinburne. They introduce categories such as ordinary and extraordinary experiences. After reading, compare those categories with the features in William James' religious experience, or move to Visions and Voices for a more focused topic.

What topics do the notes cover?

The notes cover types of experience described by Swinburne and William James, as well as visions, numinous and corporate experiences, revelation and mystical Christianity. There is also a note on how religious experience may lead to belief in God and one presenting points for and against religious experience.

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