Experience of God and the Rationality of Theistic Belief

by Jerome I. Gellman

Jerome I. Gellman observes that the mystic experience of God's presence, a sense of having direct contact with the divine, often compels belief in God's existence. On the basis of widely accepted principles connecting appearance with reality, Gellman contends, the claims people make of having experienced God show that belief in God is strongly rational, meaning that such claims are sufficient in number and variety to support a line of reasoning making...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801433207
• ISBN13: 9780801433207
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"