P- RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE

Question 1

who is william james ?

Answer 1

was an american philosopher,historian,and psychologist

Question 2

what is a religious experience according to william james ?

Answer 2

they are states of insights into depths of truth unplumbed by the discursive intellect . they are illuminations ,revelations full of significance and importance.

Question 3

what are the three types of vision identified by st augustine ?

Answer 3

corporeal
imaginative and intellectual

Question 4

what is corporeal vision?

Answer 4

visions through a physical sight . supernatural experiences that are mediated through the physical senses.

e.g st bernadette at lourdes

Question 5

what is imaginative vision?

Answer 5

visions seen in the mind
e.g jacob and josephs dream

Question 6

what is intellectual vision?

Answer 6

supernatural knowledge where the mind grasps truths or insights that are not accessible through ordinary sensory perception

Question 7

who came up with the numinous experience

Answer 7

Rudolf otto

Question 8

what does ‘holy mean’

Answer 8

it means other than or seperate from

Question 9

what is a numinous experience

Answer 9

A numinous experience is an experience outside of reality which is non intellectual or rational .experience of the holy other that takes you out of reality. suggesting the presence of the divine

Question 10

what was Rudolf ottos example of the numinous experience.

Answer 10

his example was from the old testament from ISAIAH 6 - saw angels with 6 wings ……. acknowleged sins

Question 11

what does wholly other mean ?

Answer 11

completely different . a presence or reality that cannot be understood .

Question 12

how doesRudolf otto believe a religious experience should be like

Answer 12

mysterium tremendas et fascinans

Mysterious= experienced but not understood
Trembling = fearsome experience of Gods overwhelming majesty and energy
Fascinating =attractive nature of the experience

Question 13

who is walter stace ?

Answer 13

A british philosopher who wrote about mysticism. One of the pioneeers in the study of mysticism

Question 14

what are the two types of religious experience according to walter stace ?

Answer 14

Introvertive= a full religious experience . No sense of I. no awareness of the world , sense of the holy

Extrovertive = Half of a full religious experience .Sense experience is still active .some kind of experience .

Question 15

william James was a pragmatist what does pragmatism mean?

Answer 15

an approach that evaluates theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application

Question 16

what was willliam James’ criteria in assessing a genuine religious experience .

Answer 16

P=passivity =the experience controls you . you cannot direct it .
I=ineffability= cannot express the experience in words
N=noetic quality =deep iinsights into truths
T=transcience= short experience

Question 17

what happened to st paul

Answer 17

-travelled to damascus and had a religious experience blinded and God sent ananias to spea the word and he got saved and changed his name from saul to paul.
grew more powerful
wrote letters.

Question 18

what happened to st bernadette

Answer 18

At age 14, Bernadette reported 18 visions of a “lady” (later identified as the Virgin Mary) in a grotto near Lourdes, France. The lady asked for prayer, penance, and the construction of a chapel. During one vision, Bernadette was told to dig in the ground, where a spring appeared—now the site of the Lourdes healing shrine.

Question 19

what are richard swinburnes proof of religious experience principles .

Answer 19

principle of credulity =assume things are credible until proven otherwise. things how they seem to be

principle of testimony=we should assume people are telling the truth until they are proven otherwise.