1st Edition

Religion and Reality A Study in the Philosophy of Mysticism

By James Henry Tuckwell Copyright 1915
330 Pages
by Routledge

330 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

This discussion of the search for religious truth addresses a universal view of religion that can be termed ‘philosophical mysticism’ from a rational basis of experience.

Originally published in 1915, this is a classic of theological thinking that investigates the fundamental nature of religion and ‘perfect’ experience.

Part 1: Introductory  1. The Essential Nature of Religious Experience  2. Some Classical Definitions of Religion  3. Religion and the Evolutionary Process i  4. Religion and the Evolutionary Process ii  Part 2: Perfect Experience  5. What is Perfect Experience i  6. What is Perfect Experience ii  7. Is there a Perfect Experience? i  8. Is there a Perfect Experience? ii  9. Can We Experience the Perfect? i  10. Can We Experience the Perfect? ii  11. Can We Experience the Perfect? iii  12. Can We Experience the Perfect? iv  13. Experiencing the Perfect

Biography

James Henry Tuckwell