Book | Chapter
Introduction
pp. 1-5
Abstract
This book is about religious epiphanies in which there is the appearance of God, a god or a goddess, or a manifestation of the divine or religious reality as received in human experience. Drawing upon the scriptures of various traditions, ancillary religious writings, psychological and antrhropological studies. and reports of epiphanic experiences, this book presents and examines epiphanies as they have occurred across religious traditions and cultures. The religious traditions ranges from the three Abrahamic traditions to Buddhism and Hinduism. The cultures range from those of ancient Greece, Rome, and Japan to the contemporary cultures of Haiti and the United States. Though the book is mainly a study of the great range of epiphanies in their phenomenal presentation, it also treats issues that arise for epiphanies. Two main issues are the issue of the veridicality of epiphanies (whether they are truly of or from the divine) and the issue of whether all epiphanies are of the same religious reality.
Publication details
Published in:
Kellenberger James (2017) Religious epiphanies across traditions and cultures. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Pages: 1-5
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-53264-6_1
Full citation:
Kellenberger James (2017) Introduction, In: Religious epiphanies across traditions and cultures, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 1–5.