Reading as Spiritual Experience: Theological, Affective, and Cognitive Approaches
Religions July 29, 2025 Dennis F. Kinlaw 1 citation
This article explores the often-overlooked question of how literary reading might give rise to experiences that readers themselves identify as spiritual. Framed by William James’s account of “mystical susceptibility” and recent psychological models of spirituality as altered states of consciousness involving shifts in perception, affect, and cognition, the essay asks how engagement with...