Religious Experience, Justification, and History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521622554)

Recently, many philosophers of religion have sought to defend the rationality of religious belief by shifting the burden of proof onto the critic of religious belief. Some have appealed to extraordinary religious experience in making their case. Religious Experience, Justification, and History restores neglected explanatory and historical considerations to the debate. Through a study of William James, it contests the accounts of religious experience offered in recent works. Through reflection on the history of philosophy, it also unravels the philosophical use of the term justification. Matthew Bagger argues that the commitment to supernatural explanations implicit in the religious experiences employed to justify religious belief contradicts the modern ideal of human flourishing.

Author: Matthew C. Bagger
ISBN-10: 0521622557
ISBN-13: 9780521622554
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/13/1999
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.74w x 0.80d