Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Characterizing Religious Experience
- Part II Religious Experience in Traditional Monotheism
- Part III Religious Experience Outside Traditional Monotheism
- Part IV Prominent Themes and Challenges
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
Introduction
Religious Experience
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 June 2020
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Characterizing Religious Experience
- Part II Religious Experience in Traditional Monotheism
- Part III Religious Experience Outside Traditional Monotheism
- Part IV Prominent Themes and Challenges
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
Summary
The Introduction identifies some important questions about religious experience, and it considers Tolstoy's position that relates religious experience to the meaning of human life. It also comments on the relation between religious experience and evidence for God's existence and on the bearing of science on religious experience. In addition, it looks at the bearing of religious disagreement on religious experience. Finally, the Introduction offers summaries of the book's chapters.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience , pp. 1 - 22Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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