An introduction to religious and spiritual experience / Marianne Rankin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rankin, Marianne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experience (Religion).

Religions.

Spiritual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-273) and index.

ISBN:

9786612870828

9781472548832

1472548833

9781282870826

1282870823

9781441101433

1441101438

OCLC:

676698456