Religious Experience Flashcards

1
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name three types of religious experience

A

prayer
visions
charismatic worship

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2
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give some examples of charismatic worship

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slain in the spirit

speaking in tongues

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3
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give three dangers of religious experiences

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completely open to interpretation
can lead to hateful or destructive events
creates elitism

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4
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are all religious experiences dramatic?

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no

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5
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give three examples of dramatic religious experiences

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the visions of bernadette, st paul or theresa of avila

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6
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what are the majority of religious experiences like?

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gradual, gentle, people find god in ordinary things and the beauty of creation

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7
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what is the mnemonic for william james’ mystical experience criteria?

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p.i.n.t.

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what does the p in p.i.n.t. stand for?

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passive

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what does the i in p.i.n.t. stand for?

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ineffable

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10
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what does the n in p.i.n.t. stand for?

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noetic

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what does the t in p.i.n.t. stand for?

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transient

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12
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what is a passive religious experience?

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those in the grip of such an experience will have no will of their own - under the influence of a superior power

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13
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what is an ineffable religious experience?

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experiences beyond the ability of words to express

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14
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what is a noetic religious experience?

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gives knowledge unattainable through human experience

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15
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what is a transient religious experience?

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a short but life-changing experience

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16
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name richard swinburne’s two principles of testimony

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principle of credulity

principle of testimony

17
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what is the principle of credulity?

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if some one believes they have had an experience, they probably have

18
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what is the principle of testimony?

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we believe in the testimony of others

19
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what are the three main cases against religious experience?

A

psychological neurosis
physiological influences
sociological influences

20
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which two scholars suggest religious experiences stem from psychological neurosis?

A

freud

timothy leary

21
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which two scholars suggest religious experiences stem from physiological influences?

A

harlow

d lasbourough

22
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which scholar suggests religious experiences stem from sociological influences?

23
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what does freud suggest about the psychology of religious experiences?

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religious belief in god is the projection of a need for an eternal father figure

24
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what did timothy leary highlight about the psychology or religious experiences?

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when mystical experiences were compared with the accounts of drug users they were indistiguishable

25
which medical case did harlow highlight in order to explain religious experiences?
phineas gage
26
explain the story of phinieas gage
a railworker who survived a metal pole through his brain after an accident, his personality was completely altered after the incident
27
how does harlow highlight the physiological influences on the brain through the story of phineas gage?
our body is directly linked to our personality and therefore could be the cause of these radical changes
28
what physiological aspect links many of the catholic mystics?
many suffered severe illness before their visions, could be mediation or the illness itself that caused their experience
29
what illness does d lasbourogh theorise that st paul had?
epilepsy- would account for the blindness and voices heard
30
how did karl marx argue religious experiences were influences by society?
an individual would see things relating to their faith | a christian would not see vishnu