Handbook of Religious Experience (Religion Education Press Handbook) [Hardcover]

Ralph W. Jr. Hood (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Religion Education Press Handbook | Publication Date: June 15, 1995

HANDBOOK OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE is generally recognized as the classic book on the psychology of religious experience. It is the gold standard against which other books in this field are measured. This monumental volume examines in great breadth and depth the nature, roots, ecology, expressions, explanations, and facilitational modes of religious experience. Ultimately, religious experience is central since it is the source, context, and validation of all religion, all religious activities, and all theories of religion. Scripture and sacrament are basically religious experiences. Religious experience is basically the encounter with God in its highest form.

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Review

Handbook of Religious Experience examines in great breadth and depth the nature, roots, ecology, expressions, explanations, and facilitational modes of religious experience. Ultimately, religious experience is central since it is the source, context, and validation of all religion, religious activities, and theories of religion. Scripture and sacrament are basically religious experiences. Religious experiences is a human phenomenon -- indeed the pinnacle of human phenomena. Yet surprisingly, and tragically, the distinctly human element of religious experience has been previously examined only in a sporadic and scattered fashion. The Handbook of Religious Experience endeavors to remedy this glaring defect by presenting an extraordinarily wide-ranging relatively coordinated examination of religious experience from a great variety of interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary perspectives. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 672 pages
• Publisher: Religious Education Press (June 15, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891350942
• ISBN-13: 978-0891350941
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,520,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)