Transcendent Experiences : : Phenomenology and Critique / / Louis P. Roy.
This book begins by drawing attention to the fact that many people acknowledge having had a transcendent experience, namely an event in which they had the impression that they were in contact with something boundless and limitless, which they could not get hold of, and which utterly surpassed human...
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| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1: A Phenomenological Approach
- 1. Constituents and Classification
- 2. Narratives
- Part 2: Historic Contributions
- 3. Kant and the Sublime
- 4. Schleiermacher and Absolute Dependence
- 5. Hegel and the Dialectic of the Infinite
- 6. William James and Religious Experience
- 7. Rudolf Otto and the Numinous
- 8. Maréchal, Rahner, and Lonergan
- Part 3: The Validity of Transcendent Experiences
- 9. Basic Concepts I
- 10. Basic Concepts II
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index