Divine Disclosures: Religious Experiences as Evidence in Theology
Apollo (University of Cambridge) October 21, 2017 Hugh Burling
The first half of this thesis argues that scepticism about the evidential force of religious experiences is driven by concerns about the traditional practices used to discern between ‘illusory’ and ‘genuine’ experiences. As these practices require commitment to a particular tradition, we have no way of deciding which practice to trust. Furthermore, the tests the practices employ do not bear on...