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Religious Experiences Flashcards

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What is empiricism ?

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Philosophical theory that all knowledge is derived from experience such as sensory

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What is a religious experience ?

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It is a non- empirical occurrence and may be perceived as supernatural

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What is genuine?

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Not implying that the experience has come from God

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What are the 3 main classifications of religious experiences?

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Visions, conversions and mystical experiences

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What are the three types of visions ?

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Imaginary
Intellectual
Corporeal

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What kind of vision may strengthen faith but seen with the mind of the eye?

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Imaginary visions

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What kind of vision brings knowledge and understanding as a revelation from God?

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Intellectual visions

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What kind of vision is where the vision is external?

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Corporeal visions

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Conversions can be what ?

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Temporary or permanent

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What does numinous mean?

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The feeling of the ‘holy’ and includes awe fascination , religious awareness and the smallness of ones self

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What are the two types of conversion?

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Volitional type - voluntary

Self surrender type - involuntary

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Which philosopher described self surrender conversion as ‘mans extremity is Gods opportunity?’

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William James

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Conversion will occur naturally if people stop trying to change. Who said this?

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Edwin D Starbuck

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There are three ways in which someone can be converted. What are these?

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Intellectually
Morally
And socially

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What is a mystical experience ?

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A direct and intimate experience of God

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What does divine mean ?

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Used here is means that there is a perfect being and that being is God

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Rudolf otto wrote what book?

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The idea of the holy

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In mystical experiences there are four things which accompany the experience which enable their recognition. What are these things?

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Sense of freedom
Sense of serenity
Sense of oneness
Knowledge of the ultimate reality

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Who wrote ‘ The Varieties of Religious Experience ?’

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William James

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What word describes a mystical experience that cannot be explained?

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Ineffability

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What word describes the mind gaining knowledge and understanding?

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Noetic quality

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What is the word that refers to the fact that religious experiences last for a limited time ?

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Transiency

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What is the key word that refers to the fact that the religious experience occurs without any action on the part of the recipient ?

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Passivity

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When does someone lose control to a more powerful being namely God?

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In passivity

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A mystical experience can last two minutes or two hours ect. What word describes the time?

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Transiency

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F.C Harold sought not to establish a set of criteria ole William James did. What did he come up with though?

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The mysticism of love and union
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The mysticism of knowledge and understanding

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What is the mysticism of love? ❤️

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Happold suggests this is the longing to escape from loneliness and the feeling of being separate

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What is the mysticism of knowledge and understanding?

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People are always trying to find out the secrets of the universe

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What are the three aspects of mystical experiences?

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Soul ,nature and God mysticism

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What is nature mysticism?

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Observing the beauty and nature around us that triggers a mystical experience

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What is God mysticism?

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Mediating on the attributes of God and the desire to be one with God triggers a mystical experience

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Who said this’thou hast made as for myself o god and our hearts are restless until they rest in thee’

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Saint Augustine

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What is soul mysticism?

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It says the soul as something that is hidden or to use ottos terminology numinous

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What does immanence mean?

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God is active in the world

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What does transcendent mean?

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God is separate and superior from the world and God is outside space and time

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Mystical’s experiences are said to be what?

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Union with the Devine

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What is a mystical experience?

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A direct and intimate experience of God

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Who came up with the mysticism of love and union and the mysticism of knowledge and understanding?

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F.C.Happold

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