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04505aam a22004338i 4500 001 24BCAB88282911EDB3AB225246ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220830010055 008 220111s2022 miu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022001184 020 $a 0802881882 020 $a 9780802881885 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a BL53 $b .A425 2022 082 00 $2 23/eng20220711 100 1 $a Allison, Dale C., $c Jr., $d 1955- $e author. 245 10 $a ENCOUNTERING MYSTERY : $b RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IN A SECULAR AGE / $c Dale C. Allison, Jr. 263 $a 2207 264 1 $a Grand Rapids, Michigan : $b William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, $c 2022. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Machine generated contents note: Table of Contents1. Stars Descending -- 2. Behind the Scenes -- 3. Bliss from Somewhere, Terror from Nowhere -- 4. The Hidden World of Prayer -- 5. The Lore of Angels -- 6. Approaching Death -- 7. Death from Within -- 8. Rational Analysis -- 9. Some Theological Issues -- 10. The Pastoral Imperative -- Suggested Reading -- Endnotes -- Indexes. 520 $a "A generous exploration of religious experiences-moments of inexplicable terror or rapturous joy, visions, near-death experiences of the afterlife, encounters with angels, heavenly voices, and premonitions-and the Christian response to these stories in asecular age"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "Despite widespread skepticism on the matter, a significant number of people today have stories of religious experience- moments of inexplicable terror or rapturous joy, visions, near-death experiences of the afterlife, encounters with angels, heavenly voices, and premonitions. How should rationally minded people of faith respond? What would your reaction be if someone told you that, one night while sitting alone, she saw through the window a brilliant light descend from the sky until it was so large thatit filled the room-and that it radiated a feeling of "pure love"? And what would you say if a friend confided in you that he fell from a scaffold the other day, and that he felt a pair of arms catch him so that he was miraculously uninjured-even though he was alone? By default in the secular age we are skeptical about anything mysterious or supernatural. More likely than not, most people would respond to the stories above with embarrassment and concern about the person's grasp of reality, or they would attempt to explain them away through rational or scientific means. But the truth is that religious experiences like these are not as uncommon as they seem-although talking about such experiences is. This is even the case in a faith tradition like Christianity despite the Bible's numerous accounts of miraculous happenings like the parting of a sea and the instantaneous healing of lepers. In Encountering Mystery, noted biblical scholar and theologian Dale Allison makes the argument that stories of religiousexperience are meaningful and not to be marginalized in the church. Pastors especially, but all Christians, have a moral prerogative to lovingly engage with such stories regardless of whether they themselves have had similar experiences. Through a close look at phenomena such as moments of inexplicable terror or rapturous joy, visions, near-death experiences of the afterlife, encounters with angels, heavenly voices, and premonitions, Allison shows how the ordinary practice of faith is not necessarily at odds with individual religious experience-and is, in many ways, theologically compatible with it. Above all, he enjoins Christians to be honest about the persistence of religious experience in a secular age and to make space in the church for people who encounter mystery in their lives"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Experience (Religion) $9 69357 650 0 $a Miracles. $9 71764 650 0 $a Supernatural. $9 71462 650 0 $a Marvelous, The. 650 0 $a Psychology and religion. $9 74470 650 0 $a Psychology, Religious. $9 65394 650 0 $a Christianity $x Psychology. $9 85463 650 7 $a RELIGION / Christian Living / General $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Supernatural (incl. Ghosts) $2 bisacsh 941 $a 4 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20231021031833.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010024044.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20220902010351.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220830011252.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=24BCAB88282911EDB3AB225246ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search