A missing element in reports of divine encounters
Many people claim to have had direct perceptual awareness of God. William Alston, Richard Swinburne, Gary Gutting, and others have based their philosophical views on these reports. But using analogies from our encounters with humans whose abilities surpass our own, we realize that something essentai...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2004
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Religious studies
Year: 2004, Volume: 40, Issue: 3, Pages: 351-360 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Experience of God
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | Many people claim to have had direct perceptual awareness of God. William Alston, Richard Swinburne, Gary Gutting, and others have based their philosophical views on these reports. But using analogies from our encounters with humans whose abilities surpass our own, we realize that something essentail is missing from these reports. The absence of this element renders it highly unlikely that these people have actually encountered a divine being. |
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| ISSN: | 0034-4125 |
| Contains: | In: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412504006948 |