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What is a religious experience?

What is a religious experience?

Concept map showing religious experience linked to traditions, James' four marks, Otto's numinous, different types, and explanatory views

A religious experience is an experience interpreted as involving God, gods, the sacred, or ultimate reality. The key word is interpreted: two people may undergo something similar, but only one may see it as religious.

The nature of religious experience Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Religious Studies
  3. /The nature of religious experience

Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel A Level Religious Studies The nature of religious experience. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a solid grounding in the philosophical arguments and key scholars before tackling the more evaluation-heavy extended essay questions.

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