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MYSTICISM

Course Code:
RLST 420
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Course Description:

A study of the significance of mystical experience in the world’s religions. What is the meaning of particularly vivid, intense religious experiences reported by sages, saints, and seers in the faith traditions of the world? This course will examine classic analyses of mysticism, the nature, context, and conditions of mystical experience, the “perennial philosophy,” the scope of ineffability, and the cognitive merit of mystical experience.

Credit:
3
Instruction methods:
Lecture
Total hours: 45
Prerequisites:

100 or 200 level RLST or CST course

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