religious experience - key words

religious experience

any experience that makes a personbelieve that they have connected with God

mystical experience

a direct experience of God or ultimate reality, a sense of oneness of all things

numinous

an experience of awe and wonder in the presence of an almighty God

conversion experience

an experience that causes a sudden or gradual change in someone’s belief system, values or priorities

corporate experience

an experience that is shared by a group

passivity

the idea that the person having the religious experienceis not taking the leading role; they are being ‘acted upon’

ineffability

unable to be expressed or described in words, beyond description

noetic quality

having the property of imparting knowledge

transcience

an event that passes with time, but has long lasting effects

pragmatism

a theory must be treated as true if it works in practise

empiricism

the idea that observations via our senses lead us to understanding of the world

pluralism

the idea in religion that truth is to be found in many faiths