The myth of religious experience

I argue that people do not and cannot have religious experiences that are perceptual experiences with theological content and that provide some justification for the belief in God. I discuss William Alston's resourceful defence of this idea. My strategy is to say that religious perception would...

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Main Author: Zangwill, Nick (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Review
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2004
In: Religious studies
Year: 2004, Volume: 40, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-22
Review of:Perceiving God / William P. Alston (Zangwill, Nick)
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NAA Systematic theology
NBC Doctrine of God
VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy
Further subjects:B Book review
B Experience of God
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