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Routledge
This title was first published in 2001: Engaging contemporary discussion concerning the validity of mystical experiences of God, Jerome Gellman presents the best evidential case in favor of validity and its implications for belief in God. Gellman vigorously defends the coherence of the concept of a mystical experience of God against philosophical objections, and evaluates attempts to provide... Read more
Contents: Introduction; The argument from perception; God’s non-dimensionality and mystical experience of God; Alternative explanations I: the alternative explanation response; Alternative explanations II: sociological and neuropsychological proposals; Gender and mystical experience of God; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Jerome Gellman
'... Gellman, who is a leading contributor to the debate over the evidential value of mystical experience, tackles a series of objections that have been raised to his defence of mystical experience as providing significant evidence for theism... Gellman's book addresses many of the issues currently central to discussion of the epistemic import of mystical experience and...touches upon several other significant matters as well. This lively new contribution to the growing literature on the epistemology of religious experience will give all of us who are interested in the ongoing debates much food for further thought.' www.arsdisputandi.org 'As one of the inaugural volumes in this new Ashgate series, this text leads the philosophical community to expect a high quality discussion in future volumes.' Religious Studies Review
