Religious experience, justification, and history

Many philosophers of religion have sought to defend the rationality of religious belief by shifting the burden of proof onto the critic of religious belief. Some have appealed to extraordinary religious experience in making their case. Religious Experience, Justification and History restores neglect...

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Subtitles:Religious Experience, Justification, & History
Main Author: Bagger, Matthew C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1999.
In:Year: 1999
Reviews:Religious Experience, Justification, and History. Matthew C. Bagger (2001) (Forsthoefel, Thomas A.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religious experience
B Teresa, de Jesús 1515-1582 / Mysticism
Further subjects:B Experience (Religion)
B Religion Philosophy
B Religion ; Philosophy
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9780521622554
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Summary:Many philosophers of religion have sought to defend the rationality of religious belief by shifting the burden of proof onto the critic of religious belief. Some have appealed to extraordinary religious experience in making their case. Religious Experience, Justification and History restores neglected explanatory and historical considerations to the debate. Through a study of William James, it contests the accounts of religious experience offered in recent works. Through reflection on the history of philosophy, it also unravels the philosophical use of the term 'justification'. Matthew Bagger argues that the commitment to supernatural explanations implicit in the religious experiences employed to justify religious belief contradicts the modern ideal of human flourishing. For contrast, and to demonstrated the indispensability of history, he includes a study of Teresa of Avila's mystical theology. The controversial supernatural explanations implicit in extraordinary religious experience places the burden of proof on the believer.
Introduction: spectral evidences -- The explanation in experience and the explanation of experience -- Justification by reasons alone -- Perennialism revisited -- The miracle of minimal foundationalism -- Loves noble historie: Teresa of Avila's mystical theology -- Modernity and its discontents
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
ISBN:0511487630
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511487637