Religious Experience Psychology and Religion Psychology

Religious Experience Psychology and Religion Psychology

Religious or mystical experience can be defined in several ways. Paul Tillich defines a religious experience as one that gives ultimate meaning, structure and direction to human experience. Huston Smith defines a religious experience as one that moves the experiencer's feelings, thought, and will, eliciting from the experiencer a centered response from the core of his being.

Top: Science: Social Sciences: Psychology: Psychology and Religion: Religious Experience

See Also:

TASTE - The Archives of Scientists' Transcendent Experiences - Collection of accounts of experiences. New accounts can be added online.
Alister Hardy Trust: Religious Experience Research Centre - Interdisciplinary centre based at the University of Wales. Includes details of current and previous research projects, forthcoming events, and an MA course studying religious and spiritual experiences.
The Varieties of Religious Experience - Full text of the celebrated book by William James, originally published in 1902.
Neurology of Spiritual Experiences - Articles on spiritual experience and magnetic signal brain stimulation by one of Michael Persinger's students.
Psychology of Religious Experience - Transcript from the Thinking Allowed TV series of Jeffrey Mishlove interviewing Huston Smith.

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