Mystical experience has intrigued both religious and non-religious persons for centuries. Several elements of mystical experience have been identified by scholars of the psychology of religion. This essay explores those critical elements and appropriates them in developing a theological anthropology. This understanding is expanded using the framework of the mystic, Howard Thurman, who argued...
Healthy religious experience is defined by certain qualities of expression. In an effort to explore the concept of mature religious phenomenology, this article includes descriptions of two encounters from personal pastoral experience. The first encounter shows how a person with an unhealthy religious experience faces death. The second encounter describes an expression of mature religious...