Religious Experience Flashcards
1
Q
Mystical experience
A
A direct experience of God or ultimate reality, a sense of oneness of all things
2
Q
Numinous experience
A
An experience of awe and wonder in the presence of an almighty God
3
Q
Conversion
A
An experience which causes a sudden or gradual change in someone’s belief system
4
Q
Corporate experience
A
An experience that is shared by a group
5
Q
How did William define religion?
A
As a personal experience.
For James, primary experience of the divine was at the heart of religion, and came before secondary experience
