Access to Religious Studies: Religious Experience

Summary:
The Access to Religious Studies series offers a concise and readable introduction to the key areas of religious studies for students and the general reader.



Religious Experience looks at the ways we can define religious experience and at religious experience as a basis for faith. It looks at religious experience within the major world religions and explores the role of mystery in religious practice along with the ways in which a sense of the supernatural is created in worship. The book compares the views of those who believe that religion centres around personal experience against those who believe that too great a stress on personal experience leads toward a spiritual elitism.



Religious Experience includes quotations from primary sources, including sacred texts, suggestions for further reading, and practice questions for the various awarding bodies.

• Geared to the new AS/A2 specifications
• Comprehensive in the coverage of the key issues
• Packed with practical advice on study techniques, exam revision and suggestions for further reading.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
The extent of religious experiences
Mysticism
Conversion
Visions
Revelation
Near-death experiences
Triggers of religious experiences
An arguments for God's existence
Physiological and psychological perspectives
The role and influence of religious experience

About the Author(s):
Peter Cole is a senior examiner and experienced author

Readership:
16 - 18 year old students

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