Religious Experiences
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Visions: Corporeal, Imaginative and Intellectual
Ten-Mark Questions
Examine the nature of religious visions.
Fifteen-Mark Questions
'Religious visions are an important source of knowledge about God.'
Evaluate this statement.
Numinous Experiences: Rudolph Otto
Ten-Mark Questions
Examine Otto’s understanding of numinous religious experiences.
Fifteen-Mark Questions
'Numinous experiences help people to understand the nature of God.'
Evalute this claim.
Mystical Experiences: William James and Walter Stace
Ten-Mark Questions
Examine the nature of mystical experiences.
Fifteen-Mark Questions
'Mystical experiences challenge the traditional Christian understanding of God.'
Evaluate this claim.
The Challenges of Verifying Religious Experiences
Ten-Mark Questions
Examine the challenges of verifying religious experiences.
Fifteen-Mark Questions
‘Religious experiences can be verified.’
Evaluate this claim.
'Religious visions cannot be verified.'
Evaluate this claim.
'Numinous experiences cannot be verified.'
Evaluate this claim.
‘Mystical experiences cannot be verified.’
Evaluate this claim.
The Challenges to Religious Experience from Science
Ten-Mark Questions
Examine the challenge to religious experience from science.
Fifteen-Mark Questions
'Science cannot fully explain religious experience.'
Evaluate this claim.
'Science has shown that religious experiences do not come from God.'
Evaluate this claim.
The Religious Responses to those Challenges
Ten-Mark Questions
Examine how religious believers have responded to challenges to religious experience.
Fifteen-Mark Questions
'Religion has no effective response to challenges to religious experience.'
Evaluate this statement.
Swinburne's Principles of Credulity and Testimony
Ten-Mark Questions
Examine Swinburne's principles of credulity and testimony with respect to religious experiences.
Fifteen-Mark Questions
‘Swinburne’s principles of testimony and credulity can verify religious experiences.’
Evaluate this claim.
The Influence of Religious Experiences and their Value for Faith
Ten-Mark Questions
Examine the influence of religious experiences on religious believers.
Examine the value of religious experiences for faith.
Fifteen-Mark Questions
'Religious experiences have great value for religious believers.'
Evaluate this claim.
'Religious experiences are of little importance for religious faith.'
Evaluate this claim.
Comparative
Ten-Mark Questions
Examine different understandings of religious experience.
Fifteen-Mark Questions
'Religious visions are more significant for religious faith than numinous experiences.'
Evaluate this claim.
'Mystical experiences are more significant for religious faith than numinous experiences.'
Evaluate this claim.
'Mystical experiences are more significant for religious faith than religious visions.'
Evaluate this claim.
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