Understanding Religious Experience - Softcover

Peter Connolly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781797331 ISBN 13: 9781781797334

Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

This work seeks to answer a number of fundamental questions about religious experiences. It thus addresses issues such as what it is that makes such experiences `religious,' whether some religious experiences are more `authentic' than others and whether these experiences provide insights into otherwise inaccessible regions of reality or are products of the brains of those who have them. The author draws upon a number of scholarly perspectives in the course of this project, primarily phenomenological, philosophical and psychological ones, though research from other academic disciplines has also been incorporated.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Connolly was, for many years, senior lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Chichester, England, where he taught courses on Ethics, Indian Religion and Psychology of Religion. He has also worked as an associate lecturer in both Psychology and Religious Studies with the Open University and has delivered many courses on the history and philosophy of yoga for a number of yoga training institutions. A revised edition of his A Student's Guide to the History and Philosophy of Yoga, also published by Equinox, was released in 2014.

Edition details

• Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781797331
• ISBN 13: 9781781797334
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232