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religious experience
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- 1types of religious experience-mystical experience
-conversions
-visions
-prayer - 2mystical experienceused to describe experience of direct contact with god or ultimate reality
- 3conversionsdescribes an experience that that leads to an adoption of a new religious belief different to the one before (if one was had)
- 4visionsused to describe an experience of God or another religious figure appearing with a message
- 5prayerused to describe the experience of communicating with God or a higher power through the medium of prayer
- 6St. Bernadettesaw visions of the virgin mary at the water at lourdes. she took her friend and she saw nothing while Bernadette claims she saw
- 7Cat stevenshad a long term conversion after nearly drowning, then read the koran and everything made sense. became muslim and changed his name to Yusef Islam
- 8Josephwithin Matthew 1. Joseph has a vision of God who tells him not to worry about the baby jesus
- 9acts of the apostlesgroup of gentiles had a communal conversion- began talking in tongues ext
- 10types of vision experiencesvisions can happen while awake or in a dream. information is normally revealed.
1- corporeal (sensory)
2-intellectual
3-imaginative (dreams) - 11corporealst. Bernadette had visions of the Virgin Mary. due to Bernadette seeing a form or image like a physical presence we call this corporeal vision
- 12intellectuala presence is felt but not seem. information is also revealed
- 13imaginative visionsa vision which occurs in a dream. eg. Joseph has a dream vision vision where God gives him a message
- 14conversion experiencesconversions result in a change of behaviour- normally empirically observed. changes can occur over weeks or days. (sudden or gradual) conversions can be individual or communal.
- 15types of conversions1.concious and voluntary- gradual
2. involuntary and unconscious- sudden - 16mystical experiencesthe person involved is transformed- reports of loss individuality, the oneness with reality, union with the deity, or the union with the object of the experience
- 17features of mystical experiences-union with the divine
-dependance of God
-time is transcended
-noetic experiences (william james)- something is revealed
-joy and well-being - 18what is prayerprayer is the experience of communicating with God
- 19st. teresa of avila's types of prayer-she had several religious experiences
-the purpose of life if union with God through prayer - 20the interior castleseven mansions which each represent a step towards unity with God. it is a guide for spiritual development through service and prayer
- 21mansions 1-4these stages are due to human action
- 22mansions 2-3these stages are the purgative stages. bad sins are removed
- 23mansions 4-7god and jesus have much more control
- 24mansions 4-5these are the illumative stages. the supernatural is included
- 25mansions 6-7there is a unitive connection with God
- 26st. T- garden analogywe are like a garden- water is grace
- 27st. T garden analogy stages1.the first water- WE need to draw our water. meditation/mental prayer
2. drawing water-prayer of quiet. we put in effort but its now second nature.
3.irrigated water-imperfect union.let go of strain and open up to God
4. union with God-perfect union. full connection with God - 28william james- overview'The varieties of religious experience'. gave the PINT definition of mystical experience
- 29PINT- INEFFABLE1. ineffable
-the experience is beyond proper description. the experience goes beyond our powers to describe - 30PINT- NOETIC2. noetic
-unknown knowledge of God is gained. direct revelations from God - 31PINT- TRANSIENT2.transient
-the experience is temporary and cannot be sustained. - 32PINT- PASSIVE4. passive
-the experience isn't initiated by the person, rather they feel like something is upon them. - 33william james- validity of religious experience-RE indicated the probability of God
-the validity of the RE rests upon the effects it produces- are lived changed? - 34rudolf otto- the numinous-otto wanted to categorise RE
-God was beyond our ability to understand
-the main part of RE is experiencing something completely beyond us.
-this wholly other is called the numinous
-agreed that the nature of RE is ineffable - 35rudolf otto- the numinousreligious experience of awe and wonder in the presence of an almighty and transcendent God.
-it is the awareness of human nothingness when faced with a holy and powerful being - 36rudolf otto- mysterium tremenda et fascinansthe phrase 'mysterium tremens et fascinans' is used to describe the impact of religious experience
-the mystery attracts and repels the sense of awe and wonder - 37caroline franks-davis' three categories of challenges1.description related- focuses on the reliability of the description itself
2. subject related- reliability of the person
3. object related- reliability of the experience itself - 38caroline franks-davis- description related-may be logical inconsistencies within the actual description. do they change their mind?
-may be inconsistencies between the subjects actual behaviour and what you would expect if they had claimed the experience
-false claims
-unreliable memory
-missunderstanding - 39—
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- A level Philosophy Flashcards on religious experience, created by rebecca purcaro on 08/06/2018.
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