Religous Experiences Flashcards
1
Q
What is a religious experience
A
A subjective experience where someone may come into contact with god or a transcendent reality
2
Q
What are some examples of religious experiences
A
Conversion - new belief and direction Paul’s conversion
Mystical - overwhelming awareness of god st Teresa
visiion - seeing something supernatural burning bush
Pentecostal ecstasy - work of holy sprite that enters body’s
3
Q
What is a charismatic ecstasy
A
Type of altered state of mind where a minister lays hands on foreheads and they fall and the person says they are overcome by the holy sprite/
‘Like you are floating in love of god’
Ephesians 5:18
