The Religious Predisposition

This article first predicts, on the basis of an analysis of deep absorption, a number of features of mystical and related states of consciousness. It then observes that these very same features appear in beliefs held by people who have never experienced deep absorption. Moreover, many people engage...

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Main Author: Bronkhorst, Johannes (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-227
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religiosity / Disposition (Psychology) / Mystical experience / State of consciousness / Spiritual experience
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
Further subjects:B Memory
B mental absorption
B Mystical Experience
B lantern consciousness
B mystical thought
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