Having previously presented considerable and substantial evidence suggesting that the existence of God is more likely than ...

This course introduces key concepts for understanding religious experiences, from the distinction between the sacred and the profane, to the notions of mysticism and saintliness, to practices of ...

Religion is an important part of many people’s lives all over the world. Religions serve many roles for people, and those roles are stronger for some people than others. Religions provide a set of ...

Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977 (IMBD) In The Varieties of Religious Experience, his landmark book on the psychology of religion, William James delineated the traits that ...