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Religious Experience in Hindu Tradition
Author(s) -
McDaniel June
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
religion compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.113
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1749-8171
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2008.00120.x
Subject(s) - hinduism , vedas , variety (cybernetics) , stereotype (uml) , religious experience , religious studies , psychology , buddhism , social psychology , philosophy , theology , artificial intelligence , computer science
This article argues against the popular stereotype of religious experience having been invented by modern scholars. It examines understandings of religious experience from a variety of Hindu traditions, from the Vedas to the present.