Understanding Religious Experience

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78179-733-4
Verlag: Equinox Publishing Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 360 g

This work seeks to answer a number of fundamental questions about religious experiences. It thus addresses issues such as what it is that makes such experiences `religious,' whether some religious experiences are more `authentic' than others and whether these experiences provide insights into otherwise inaccessible regions of reality or are products of the brains of those who have them. The author draws upon a number of scholarly perspectives in the course of this project, primarily phenomenological, philosophical and psychological ones, though research from other academic disciplines has also been incorporated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Connolly, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part 1: A Critical Phenomenology of Religious Experience The Variety of Religious Experiences Numinous Experiences Mystical Experiences Everyday Religious Experiences Part 2: A Reductionist Explanation of Religious Experience Some Cartographic Accounts of Religious Experience Ken Wilber's Integral Spirituality Roland Fischer's Cartography of Ecstatic and Meditative States My Model of ASCs and Spirituality 1. Religious Experiences and Trance States 2. Myths, Religious Rituals and Trance States Part 3: Loose Ends Neurological Research `Authentic' Religious Experience

Über Autor(innen)

Connolly, Peter
Peter Connolly was, for many years, senior lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Chichester, England, where he taught courses on Ethics, Indian Religion and Psychology of Religion. He has also worked as an associate lecturer in both Psychology and Religious Studies with the Open University and has delivered many courses on the history and philosophy of yoga for a number of yoga training institutions. A revised edition of his A Student’s Guide to the History and Philosophy of Yoga, also published by Equinox, was released in 2014.