The Nature of Religious Experience (AQA A-Level Religious Studies): Quizzes
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What % of people report having a religious, mystical, or spiritual experience?
What % of people report having a religious, mystical, or spiritual experience?
30-40%
Who originally classified visions into corporeal, imaginative, and intellectual types?
Who originally classified visions into corporeal, imaginative, and intellectual types?
St Augustine of Hippo
How many documented miraculous healings are credited to the water at Lourdes?
How many documented miraculous healings are credited to the water at Lourdes?
Approximately 69
What key feature distinguishes imaginative visions from ordinary dreams?
What key feature distinguishes imaginative visions from ordinary dreams?
Experiencer has no power to direct it
What did Teresa of Avila NOT experience in her intellectual vision of Christ?
What did Teresa of Avila NOT experience in her intellectual vision of Christ?
Any form or visual image
What Latin phrase did Otto use to describe the numinous experience?
What Latin phrase did Otto use to describe the numinous experience?
Mysterium tremendum et fascinans
What does 'sui generis' mean regarding numinous feelings?
What does 'sui generis' mean regarding numinous feelings?
Unique, of its own kind
Which of James's criteria means a mystical experience gives rise to knowledge?
Which of James's criteria means a mystical experience gives rise to knowledge?
Noetic quality
How does Stace define mysticism?
How does Stace define mysticism?
Non-sensuous & non-intellectual union
What is the key difference between extrovertive & introvertive mysticism?
What is the key difference between extrovertive & introvertive mysticism?
Extrovertive sees transfigured objects