What Is Religious Experience?

Progress in religious education depends upon knowing what religious experience is. On this subject there is much confusion and uncertainty. After estimating the value and the defects of philosophical deduction, purely descriptive definition, and the attempt to establish fundamental postulates, the a...

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Main Author: Cole, Stewart G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 1926
In: The journal of religion
Year: 1926, Volume: 6, Issue: 5, Pages: 472-485
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Summary:Progress in religious education depends upon knowing what religious experience is. On this subject there is much confusion and uncertainty. After estimating the value and the defects of philosophical deduction, purely descriptive definition, and the attempt to establish fundamental postulates, the article undertakes to formulate certain principles which may serve as starting-points for the more exact definition of religion. The implications of this view for religious education are then discussed.
ISSN:1549-6538
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/480605