The Feeling Of Transcendence An Experience Of God

Author : Louis Roy
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725272743

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In this book, Louis Roy takes account of the fact that, in the last fifty years, numerous people in the secularized West have responded yes to surveys that asked, “Are you aware of having had an experience during which you felt in the presence of a dimension or a reality very different from ordinary human life?” Are such experiences mere illusions? Some thinkers, like Feuerbach and Freud, believed so. Are such experiences encounters with God? Karl Barth, a great Protestant theologian, did not think much of their worth. On this issue, psychologists and theologians are divided. Roy argues that those experiences are valid, that they possess a real potential, and that they can open their recipients to a genuine wisdom. He reports on eight narratives, spells out their constitutive elements, classifies them into four categories—aesthetic, ontological, ethical, and interpersonal—and suggests criteria to assess their concrete authenticity. Thus, this book will appeal to educated readers interested in spirituality, philosophy of religion, psychology, literature, theology, and pastoral ministry.

Author : Louis Roy
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725272750

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The Feeling of Transcendence, an Experience of God? by Louis Roy Pdf

In this book, Louis Roy takes account of the fact that, in the last fifty years, numerous people in the secularized West have responded yes to surveys that asked, "Are you aware of having had an experience during which you felt in the presence of a dimension or a reality very different from ordinary human life?" Are such experiences mere illusions? Some thinkers, like Feuerbach and Freud, believed so. Are such experiences encounters with God? Karl Barth, a great Protestant theologian, did not think much of their worth. On this issue, psychologists and theologians are divided. Roy argues that those experiences are valid, that they possess a real potential, and that they can open their recipients to a genuine wisdom. He reports on eight narratives, spells out their constitutive elements, classifies them into four categories--aesthetic, ontological, ethical, and interpersonal--and suggests criteria to assess their concrete authenticity. Thus, this book will appeal to educated readers interested in spirituality, philosophy of religion, psychology, literature, theology, and pastoral ministry.

Author : T.M. Luhrmann
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691234441

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How God Becomes Real by T.M. Luhrmann Pdf

The hard work required to make God real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith How do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people—as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion has shown. But it isn’t easy to maintain a sense that there are invisible spirits who care about you. In How God Becomes Real, acclaimed anthropologist and scholar of religion T. M. Luhrmann argues that people must work incredibly hard to make gods real and that this effort—by changing the people who do it and giving them the benefits they seek from invisible others—helps to explain the enduring power of faith. Drawing on ethnographic studies of evangelical Christians, pagans, magicians, Zoroastrians, Black Catholics, Santeria initiates, and newly orthodox Jews, Luhrmann notes that none of these people behave as if gods and spirits are simply there. Rather, these worshippers make strenuous efforts to create a world in which invisible others matter and can become intensely present and real. The faithful accomplish this through detailed stories, absorption, the cultivation of inner senses, belief in a porous mind, strong sensory experiences, prayer, and other practices. Along the way, Luhrmann shows why faith is harder than belief, why prayer is a metacognitive activity like therapy, why becoming religious is like getting engrossed in a book, and much more. A fascinating account of why religious practices are more powerful than religious beliefs, How God Becomes Real suggests that faith is resilient not because it provides intuitions about gods and spirits—but because it changes the faithful in profound ways.

Author : Earl D. C. Brewer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Mysteries, Religious
ISBN : 0890210330

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Transcendence and Mystery by Earl D. C. Brewer Pdf

Author : Norman E. Rosenthal,Norman E Rosenthal MD
Publisher : TarcherPerigee
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781585429929

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Transcendence by Norman E. Rosenthal,Norman E Rosenthal MD Pdf

In this definitive book on the scientifically proven health and stress-relieving benefits of Transcendental Meditation, a renowned psychiatrist and researcher explores why TM works, what it can do, and how to use it for maximum effect.

Author : Frederic Alling
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780595471058

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Brief Flights by Frederic Alling Pdf

Transcendent experiences have been extensively written about, from a psychological perspective by Freud, William James, Maslow and others. However in recent years, advances in identifying a "self-transcendent" personality trait, a "God Gene" and some of the neurochemical brain activities which occur during transcendent states, have opened up a new depth of understanding about this inside dimension of transcendent phenomena. They also offer science's newest challenge to traditional religious experience and belief. In this book transcendent experiences are described by those in a variety of arenas, including traditional religious practices, close encounters with death and other natural phenomena, creativity and the arts, competitive sports, romantic love, and other areas. Those interested in religion and science, as well many general readers, may come to recognize experiences of their own, which they may not have considered religious or transcendent. They may also find comfort from developing a stronger and deeper foundation for their religious beliefs.

Author : Louis Roy
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0802035345

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Transcendent Experiences by Louis Roy Pdf

Roy discusses the validity of transcendent experiences and the reasons why they can be considered non-illusory.

Author : Denis Edwards
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0809125595

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Human Experience of God by Denis Edwards Pdf

Departing from human experience the book deals with the theological underpinnings of religious experience, then draws practical conclusions or implications for the spiritual life.

Author : Michael C. Rea
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780192560421

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The Hiddenness of God by Michael C. Rea Pdf

The Hiddenness of God addresses the problem of divine hiddenness which concerns the ambiguity of evidence for God's existence, the elusiveness of God's comforting presence, the palpable and devastating experience of divine absence and abandonment, and more; phenomena which are hard to reconcile with the idea, central to the Jewish and Christian scriptures, that there exists a God who is deeply and lovingly concerned with the lives of humans. Michael C. Rea argues that divine hiddenness is not a problem to be explained away but rather a consequence of the nature of God himself. He shows that it rests on unwarranted assumptions and expectations about God's love for human beings. Rea explains how scripture and tradition bear testimony not only to God's love, but to God's transcendence. He shows that God's transcendence should be understood as implying that all of God's intrinsic attributes—divine love included—elude our grasp in significant ways.

Author : R. C. Pradhan
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781599424750

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Language, Reality, and Transcendence by R. C. Pradhan Pdf

Language, Reality, and Transcendence deals with the later philosophy of Wittgenstein by delving into language, grammar, rule, self, world, culture, and value. Wittgenstein has given a comprehensive philosophy of man and the world and has dealt with the destiny of man by outlining the moral and the spiritual goals of human life. In this work, the nature of Wittgenstein's transcendent metaphysics of man and the ultimate reality has been outlined.

Author : Raimundo Panikkar
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451416431

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The Experience of God by Raimundo Panikkar Pdf

"Today's search for spirituality and authenticity leads ultimately to the question, and the experience, of God. In this profound meditation from one of today's most renowned religious voices, theologian Raimon Panikkar offers a way to reflect on the perennial quest for God, its significance in many religious traditions, and its connection to our own deepest purpose and meaning. .... " [from back cover]

Author : John D. Caputo,Mark Dooley,Michael J. Scanlon
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780253108678

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Questioning God by John D. Caputo,Mark Dooley,Michael J. Scanlon Pdf

Jacques Derrida and other scholars explore postmodern thinking about God and consider the nature of forgiveness in relation to the paradoxes of the gift. In fifteen insightful essays, Jacques Derrida and an international group of scholars explore the implications of deconstruction for religion, focusing on two topics: God and forgiveness. Among the themes addressed by contributors are the possibilities of imagining God as unthinkable, imagining God as nonpatriarchal, imagining a return to Augustine, and imagining an age in which praise is far more important than narrative. Questioning God moves readers beyond the parameters of metaphysical reason and modernist rationality as it attempts to think the questions of God and forgiveness in a postmodernist context. Contributors include John D. Caputo, Jacques Derrida, Mark Dooley, Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Robert Gibbs, Jean Greisch, Kevin Hart, Richard Kearney, Cleo McNelly Kearns, John Milbank, Regina M. Schwartz, Michael J. Scanlon, and Graham Ward. “What sets this work apart from the majority of other publications on the subject of postmodern theology and prevents it from descending into a sanctimonious hagiography of Derrida’s genius is the presence among the contributors of Graham Ward and John Milbank, two of the founding members of the movement known as radical orthodoxy. This present work is the first to document supporters of radical orthodoxy critically engaging with proponents of Derridean deconstruction.” —Perspectives

Author : KIKI EN CHRIST
Publisher : KIKI EN CHRIST
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9791042402846

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The Face of God : The Quest for Spirituality and Transcendence by KIKI EN CHRIST Pdf

In this modern world where materialism reigns supreme, the quest for spirituality and transcendence is more vital than ever for humanity. In his book "The Face of God", the author offers us a deep exploration of this universal quest. Through a rigorous analysis of the spiritual tradition and its various manifestations, the author shows us how spirituality can be a source of wisdom, healing and personal transformation. It invites us to become aware of the importance of cultivating our relationship with the divine. But the author is not content to offer us a simple intellectual analysis of spirituality. Rather, it invites us to a deep and personal experience of transcendence through meditation, prayer, and contemplation of nature. "The Face of God" is a book that touches the heart and mind. If you're looking to broaden your spiritual horizon, this is the book for you.

Author : University of Nottingham. Centre of Theology and Philosophy. Conference
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334041436

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Transcendence and Phenomenology by University of Nottingham. Centre of Theology and Philosophy. Conference Pdf

Transcendence and Phenomenology presents a definitive collection of essays discussing the much debated turn to theology in philosophy, most evident in phenomenology. Arguably the most pressing debate at the interface of philosophy and theology, this collection of essays makes a significant intervention in the on-going argument, gathering together some of the finest phenomenologist s writing today; Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Yves Lacoste, Jean-Louis Chretien and Michel Henry. It also presents major criticisms of phenomenology in relation to theology, especially from John Milbank. This volume will provide a framework for those new to the debate. Contributors to this volume: JEAN-LUC MARION, MICHEL HENRY, RICHARD KEARNEY, JEFF BLOECHL, RUDI VISKER, JEAN-YVES LACOSTE, LASZLO TENGELYI, JOHN MILBANK, JEAN GREISCH, RUUD WELTEN, MAURO CARBONE. Dr Conor Cunningham is Co Director of the Centre for Theology and Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. Dr Peter Candler is Assistant Professor of Theology at Baylor University in Texas.

Author : H. Bruce May
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781365363719

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Transcendence and Liberation by H. Bruce May Pdf

Transcendent experience reveals the spiritual nature of consciousness and opens spiritual reality to those willing to embrace it with an open mind. Liberation marks a turning point in your journey through life as a spiritual being and begins an even more powerful personal transformation whereby you can let the normal egoistic way of viewing the world fall away to be replaced with a clear view that can only be described as empty and marvelous... an emptiness that reveals the spiritual nature of consciousness and your true nature as a spiritual being which is of course, simply marvelous! When you can look at the world without labeling or judging it you can see it in its original "suchness", unclothed in concepts and ideas that exist only in the human mind. When you see the world with the eyes of a child all things are new again and you will find your own spiritual foundation is filled with comfort and joy.