Perceiving God

by Alston, William P.

• ISBN13: 9780801481550
• ISBN10: 0801481554
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-11-01
• Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr

Summary

In this clear and provocative account of the epistemology of religious experience, William P. Alston argues that the perception of God-his term for direct experiential awareness of God-makes a major contribution to the grounds of religious belief. Surveying the variety of reported direct experiences of God, Alston demonstrates that a person can be justified in holding certain beliefs about God on the basis of mystical experience.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. i
The Experience of God: a Perceptual Model	p. 9
Epistemic Justification: Perceptual and Otherwise	p. 68
The Reliability of Sense Perception: a Case Study	p. 102
A """"Doxastic Practice"""" Approach to Epistemology	p. 146
The Christian Mystical Perceptual Doxastic Practice (Cmp)	p. 184
Can the Christian Mystical Perceptual Doxastic Practice Be Shown to Be Unreliable?	p. 226
The Problem of Religious Diversity	p. 255
The Place of Experience in the Grounds of Religious Belief	p. 286
Bibliography	p. 309
Index	p. 315
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