religious experience - key words
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religious experience
any experience that makes a personbelieve that they have connected with God
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mystical experience
a direct experience of God or ultimate reality, a sense of oneness of all things
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numinous
an experience of awe and wonder in the presence of an almighty God
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conversion experience
an experience that causes a sudden or gradual change in someone’s belief system, values or priorities
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corporate experience
an experience that is shared by a group
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passivity
the idea that the person having the religious experienceis not taking the leading role; they are being ‘acted upon’
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ineffability
unable to be expressed or described in words, beyond description
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noetic quality
having the property of imparting knowledge
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transcience
an event that passes with time, but has long lasting effects
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pragmatism
a theory must be treated as true if it works in practise
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empiricism
the idea that observations via our senses lead us to understanding of the world
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pluralism
the idea in religion that truth is to be found in many faiths
