Religious Experience Quotes

Question 1

The contributions of William James to mystical experience:
- ineffable
- noetic
- passive

Answer 1

Ineffable: “cannot be imparted or transferred to others”

Noetic: “there are illuminations, revelations, full of significance and importance”

Passive: “as if they were grasped and held by a superior power”

Question 2

Rudolf Otto’s contribution to religious experience.

Answer 2

“Mysterium tremendum et fascinants”

Question 3

whats the name of Caroline Franks Davis’ book

Answer 3

the evidential force of a religious experience

Question 4

definitions of the term miracle

Answer 4

“those things done by a divine power are different to their order generally followed in things” - St Thomas Aquinas

“a transgression of the law of nature by a particular volition of the deity” - David Hume
“ nothing is esteemed a miracle if it follows the common cause of nature.”

“laws of nature may be broken but for an event to be a miracle it must have religious signficance”- Richard Swinburne

“remarkable and beneficial coincidences that are interpreted in a religious fashion” - Ray Holland

Question 5

Reasons why religious believers accept mircales

Answer 5

theological support in favour of mircales:
“those things done in divine power are different to the roder generally followed in things” - Aquinas

Question 6

contrasting veiws on mircales

Answer 6

“a transgression of the law of nature by a particular violition of the deity”- david hume

mircale testimonies are of poor quality:
“ignorant and barbarous places and nations
“ elebrated parts of the world”- David Hume

Question 7

whats the name of Richard Swinburne’s book

Answer 7

the concept of mircale

Question 8

swinburne’s views of mircales

Answer 8

“the laws of nature may be broken, but for an event to be a mircale it must have religious significance”- Swinburne