Religious Experience, Justification, and History.

Matthew Bagger argues against the use of religious experience to justify religious belief rationally. All experience implicitly requires a commitment to an explanation of its cause. Extraordinary religious experiences require a commitment to a supernatural cause, and Bagger demonstrates that the res...

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Main Author: Bagger, Matthew C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Summary:Matthew Bagger argues against the use of religious experience to justify religious belief rationally. All experience implicitly requires a commitment to an explanation of its cause. Extraordinary religious experiences require a commitment to a supernatural cause, and Bagger demonstrates that the respectability of supernatural explanations has changed over time.
Physical Description:1 online resource (250 pages)
ISBN:9780511050527
0511050526
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.